Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development

Randy.Dunlap
2005-11-15T00:32:06Z

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Kalin KOZHUHAROV wrote:

> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 02:07:09PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> >
> >>So, I've been working on a document for the past week or so to help
> >>alleviate a lot of these problems.
> >
> >
> > Oh, the latest version can be found at:
> > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git;a=blob;f=HOWTO
> > as I'm keeping it in my git patch tree.
>
> As far as the development proces is in TODO state, what about adding Paolo Ciarrocchi's (CCed) doc
> there?
> http://linux.tar.bz/articles/2.6-development_process
>
> NB: I just host the artice (with Paolo's permission), and actualy from a few hours ago :-)
>
> Kalin.

As good as that article is, it only mentions "review" for
-stable patches -- nothing about how new functionality or
other fixes are reviewed and added to Linux, which is a
big oversight IMO... although not at all easy to write/describe.

--
~Randy