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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Contribute
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:56:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170722095606.GA5893@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c8a86ba9-b0c5-10e6-6480-7af62a348c6c@gmail.com>

On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 11:39:45AM +0200, nunojsa wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Im fairly new to linux kernel and would like to start with some staging work (seems like the best way to start).
> Basically what i would like to know is which tree should i clone for this? My understanding is that one should never work directly on top of the mainline tree, instead (for this case) on top of the linux staging tree. The same goes, for example, for USB subsystem development in which case i should just clone the usb development tree (and the same for all subsystems).
> 
> Is my understanding correct?

Yes it is, make sure you work off of the correct branch as well.  For
the staging tree, working off of the staging-next is best.

thanks and good luck!

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-22  9:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-22  9:39 Contribute nunojsa
2017-07-22  9:56 ` Greg KH [this message]
2017-07-22 10:21   ` Contribute nunojsa
2017-07-22 13:13     ` Contribute Greg KH
2017-07-24  0:22 ` Contribute Tobin C. Harding

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