Getting DSS2 to mainline

Getting DSS2 to mainline

[Tomi Valkeinen]

Hi,

As I'm new to sending patches upstream, I'm not sure how to go forward 
with DSS2 now. Should I send it to linux-arm-kernel mailing list, or 
directly to main linux kernel mailing list? Or is there a route through 
fbdev-devel list for DSS2 to go forward?

  Tomi

Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Getting DSS2 to mainline

[Florian Tobias Schandinat]

Hi,

Tomi Valkeinen schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> As I'm new to sending patches upstream, I'm not sure how to go forward 
> with DSS2 now. Should I send it to linux-arm-kernel mailing list, or 
> directly to main linux kernel mailing list? Or is there a route through 
> fbdev-devel list for DSS2 to go forward?

I am also new to this process but from what I've heard I decided to 
always cc Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> when I think that 
something is mature enough for inclusion. That works very well, thanks 
Andrew.
Sending them only to linux-fbdev-devel looks rather like a dead end at 
least if I look on the fate of some patches in the archive.
I always cc the LKML but until now I didn't hear anything from there 
either so I doubt that would be the right way.

I'm sorry if anything of the above is incorrect, it's just my experience.


Regards,

Florian Tobias Schandinat

Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Getting DSS2 to mainline

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 14:17, Florian Tobias
Schandinat<FlorianSchandinat@gmx.de> wrote:
> Tomi Valkeinen schrieb:
>> As I'm new to sending patches upstream, I'm not sure how to go forward
>> with DSS2 now. Should I send it to linux-arm-kernel mailing list, or
>> directly to main linux kernel mailing list? Or is there a route through
>> fbdev-devel list for DSS2 to go forward?
>
> I am also new to this process but from what I've heard I decided to
> always cc Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> when I think that
> something is mature enough for inclusion. That works very well, thanks
> Andrew.
> Sending them only to linux-fbdev-devel looks rather like a dead end at
> least if I look on the fate of some patches in the archive.
> I always cc the LKML but until now I didn't hear anything from there
> either so I doubt that would be the right way.
>
> I'm sorry if anything of the above is incorrect, it's just my experience.

Yes, CCing Andrew Morton is The Right Thing To Do.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Re: Getting DSS2 to mainline

[Tony Lindgren]

* Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@nokia.com> [090817 14:25]:
> Hi,
>
> As I'm new to sending patches upstream, I'm not sure how to go forward  
> with DSS2 now. Should I send it to linux-arm-kernel mailing list, or  
> directly to main linux kernel mailing list? Or is there a route through  
> fbdev-devel list for DSS2 to go forward?

I suggest send them to fbdev-devel list and cc linux-omap. For the clock
alias patches you might want to also cc linux-arm-kernel.

Regards,

Tony