From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755931Ab0EXAIO (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 May 2010 20:08:14 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([72.52.115.56]:36552 "HELO xenotime.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1755709Ab0EXAIE (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 May 2010 20:08:04 -0400 Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 17:02:30 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH 3/9] Documentation/development-process: add staging & mmotm info Message-ID: <12746593503909@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <12746593501290@xenotime.net> X-Mailer: gregkh_patchbomb Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Randy Dunlap Update explanation of mmotm. Add explanation of drivers/staging/. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- lnx-2634-docs.orig/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ lnx-2634-docs/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -267,12 +267,8 @@ an appropriate subsystem tree or be sent development cycle, approximately 10% of the patches going into the mainline get there via -mm. -The current -mm patch can always be found from the front page of - - http://kernel.org/ - -Those who want to see the current state of -mm can get the "-mm of the -moment" tree, found at: +The current -mm patch is available in the "mmotm" (-mm of the moment) +directory at: http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ @@ -307,6 +303,12 @@ volatility of linux-next tends to make i See http://lwn.net/Articles/289013/ for more information on this topic, and stay tuned; much is still in flux where linux-next is involved. +Besides the mmotm and linux-next trees, the kernel source tree now contains +the drivers/staging/ directory and many sub-directories for drivers or +filesystems that are on their way to being added to the kernel tree +proper, but they remain in drivers/staging/ while they still need more +work. + 2.5: TOOLS --