Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 May 1999 13:26:36 +0100 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Organization: How Kernel is relased |
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Hi.
> I'm curious about how kernel is contributed...
Follow the following procedure:
1. Develop a WORKING modification to the kernel.
2. Create a diff file between the version of the kernel one based the modification on and the modified kernel.
3. Look up the relevant subsystem maintainer(s) in the MAINTAINERS file included in every kernel tree. Theree may be mor than one that is appropriate.
4. Email the diff file generated in step 2, together with an explanation of what your modification does, to the maintainer or maintainers identified in step 3, and optionally to relevant linux mailing lists.
5. Cross your fingers and hope they both read and accept your patch.
You can stop when you reach this point.
> ...and who liberate the versions and patchs.
Linux Torvalds 'liberates' the official kernel versions and associated patches, and various other people 'liberate' what are referred to as pre-patches to enable people to check out various proposals before they are committed to the official kernel tree. Of these, Alan Cox is by far the best known.
Best wishes from Riley.
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