From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gmate.amit@gmail.com (Kumar amit mehta) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:06:10 +0530 Subject: Managing linux-next tree for submitting patches In-Reply-To: References: <20121121053634.GA2743@gmail.com> <20121121064343.GC2743@gmail.com> <20121121070152.GD2743@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20121121083610.GE2743@gmail.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 02:47:15AM -0500, devendra.aaru wrote: > that maintainer's tree is next tree so that next can pickup. once the > next pics up your changes gets merged there in next. > > always its good to work against' maintainers trees, if its a fix then > its better work on the maintainer's torvalds's tree otherwise the next > tree in maintainer's repo In past, I've been advised to base my work against linux-next tree. See the mail [1] from Greg K H. [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/newbies/msg46076.html