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author | Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> | 2009-01-08 20:38:28 +0100 |
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committer | Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> | 2009-01-08 20:38:28 +0100 |
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diff --git a/README.patches b/README.patches index 785a67819..931c15960 100644 --- a/README.patches +++ b/README.patches @@ -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. |