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| author | Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> | 2005-06-28 20:45:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-06-28 21:20:37 -0700 |
| commit | 84da7c0844f8ab7668559c61e4f0af416fc58cf6 (patch) | |
| tree | bb696e5479dad5f1ceee7ea8708dc68c1c2fde68 /Documentation/SubmittingDrivers | |
| parent | 6623e6205e36c310367009f3b01f5cbe7cc0005d (diff) | |
[PATCH] Doc/Submitting: corrections, additions
Corrections to Documentation/Submitting{Drivers,Patches}
- update LANANA info.
- fix some typos
- update 2.2 kernel maintainer info.
- update 'dontdiff' info.
- update URLs for patch scripts
- add Trivial Patch Monkey URL
- add more references for submitting patches
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingDrivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingDrivers | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers index de3b252e717d..c3cca924e94b 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers @@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ Allocating Device Numbers ------------------------- Major and minor numbers for block and character devices are allocated -by the Linux assigned name and number authority (currently better -known as H Peter Anvin). The site is http://www.lanana.org/. This +by the Linux assigned name and number authority (currently this is +Torben Mathiasen). The site is http://www.lanana.org/. This also deals with allocating numbers for devices that are not going to be submitted to the mainstream kernel. +See Documentation/devices.txt for more information on this. -If you don't use assigned numbers then when you device is submitted it will -get given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may +If you don't use assigned numbers then when your device is submitted it will +be given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may have shipped to customers before. Who To Submit Drivers To @@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ Linux 2.2: If the code area has a general maintainer then please submit it to the maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS in the kernel file. If the maintainer does not respond or you cannot find the appropriate - maintainer then please contact Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> + maintainer then please contact the 2.2 kernel maintainer: + Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>. Linux 2.4: The same rules apply as 2.2. The final contact point for Linux 2.4 @@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ What Criteria Determine Acceptance Licensing: The code must be released to us under the GNU General Public License. We don't insist on any kind - of exclusively GPL licensing, and if you wish the driver + of exclusive GPL licensing, and if you wish the driver to be useful to other communities such as BSD you may well wish to release under multiple licenses. |