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author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2010-05-23 17:02:30 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-24 07:30:55 -0700 |
commit | e6a591e58e2c70912987f9f19d36ba967063b251 (patch) | |
tree | 2b49c1d8e401df32193709e9f8d3324e37d3359f /Documentation/development-process | |
parent | ef0eba477eeb424db97a162eb3a8c887b9c619df (diff) | |
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Documentation/development-process: add staging & mmotm info
Update explanation of mmotm.
Add explanation of drivers/staging/.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/development-process')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/development-process/2.Process | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process index 11682b120e8d..97726eba6102 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/2.Process +++ b/Documentation/development-process/2.Process @@ -267,12 +267,8 @@ an appropriate subsystem tree or be sent directly to Linus. In a typical 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 it a difficult development target. 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 |