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authorJean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr>2009-01-08 20:38:28 +0100
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab at infradead dot org>
- Updated on 2008 August, 5
+ Updated on 2009 January 8
This file describes the general procedures used by the LinuxTV team (*)
and by the v4l-dvb community.
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ The main kernel trees is owned by Linus Torvalds, being located at:
The subsystem master tree is owned by the subsystem maintainer (Mauro
Carvalho Chehab) being located at:
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb.git
+ http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6.git
+A tree with development patches that aren't ready yet for upstream is
+handled at:
+ http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mchehab/devel.git
There's also an experimental tree, that contains all experimental patches
from subsystem trees. It is called linux-next. Its purpose is to check in
@@ -162,16 +165,16 @@ b) All commits at mercurial trees should have a consistent message,
From: line shouldn't be omitted, since it will be used for the
patch author when converting to -git.
- Priority: meta-tag will be used as a hint to the subsystem maintainer, to help him to
- identify if the patch is an improvement or board addition ("normal"), that will follow
- the normal lifecycle of a patch (e.g. will be sent upstream on the next merge tree), if
+ Priority: meta-tag will be used as a hint to the subsystem maintainer, to help him to
+ identify if the patch is an improvement or board addition ("normal"), that will follow
+ the normal lifecycle of a patch (e.g. will be sent upstream on the next merge tree), if
the patch is a bug fix tree for a while without merging upstream ("low").
Valid values for "Priority:" are "low", "normal" and "high".
-c) All patches are requested to have their coding style validated by using
- script/checkpatch.pl. This check runs automatically by using "make commit". By default,
- it will try to use the newest version of the script, between the kernel one and a copy
+c) All patches are requested to have their coding style validated by using
+ script/checkpatch.pl. This check runs automatically by using "make commit". By default,
+ it will try to use the newest version of the script, between the kernel one and a copy
at v4l-dvb development tree.
It is always a good idea to use in-kernel version, since additional tests
@@ -474,19 +477,12 @@ procedure to have a patch accepted in the v4l/dvb subsystem and in the
kernel is the following:
a. Post your patches to the corresponding mailing list for review and
- test by other people.
+ test by other people, at:
+ linux-media@vger.kernel.org
- For analog or core changes, the V4L mailing list is
- video4linux-list on redhat.com
-
- For DVB changes, the mailing list is
- linux-dvb on linuxtv.org
-
- PS.: Sending emails to DVB Mailing List requires subscription via
- http://linuxtv.org/lists.php
-
- V4L mailing list doesn't require subscription, although
- subscription is recommended.
+ This mailing list doesn't require subscription, although
+ it is recommended to subscribe, expecially if you're
+ developing V4L/DVB drivers.
b. Use [PATCH] and a brief description in the email's subject.
This will help the LinuxTV team to better handle it.