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1 | diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers linux.21p1/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers |
| 2 | --- linux.vanilla/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers Sat Dec 29 16:57:19 2001 | |
| 3 | +++ linux.21p1/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers Sat Dec 29 03:19:40 2001 | |
| 4 | @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ | |
| 5 | --------------------------------------- | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | This document is intended to explain how to submit device drivers to the | |
| 8 | -Linux 2.2 and 2.4test kernel trees. Note that if you are interested in video | |
| 9 | +Linux 2.2, 2.4 and 2.5 kernel trees. Note that if you are interested in video | |
| 10 | card drivers you should probably talk to XFree86 (http://wwww.xfree86.org) | |
| 11 | instead. | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ | |
| 14 | ------------------------- | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | Major and minor numbers for devices are allocated by the Linux assigned name | |
| 17 | -and number authority (currently better known as H Peter Anvin). The | |
| 18 | -site is http://www.lanana.org/. This also deals with allocating numbers for | |
| 19 | -devices that are not going to be submitted to the mainstream kernel. | |
| 20 | +and number authority (currently better known as H Peter Anvin). The site is | |
| 21 | +http://www.lanana.org/. This also deals with allocating numbers for devices | |
| 22 | +that are not going to be submitted to the mainstream kernel. | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | If you don't use assigned numbers then when you device is submitted it will | |
| 25 | get given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may | |
| 26 | @@ -22,21 +22,28 @@ | |
| 27 | ------------------------ | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | Linux 2.0: | |
| 30 | - No new drivers are accepted for this kernel tree | |
| 31 | + No new drivers are accepted for this kernel tree. If you have any | |
| 32 | + security or other fixes then please contact David Weinehall | |
| 33 | + <tao@acc.umu.se> | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | Linux 2.2: | |
| 36 | If the code area has a general maintainer then please submit it to | |
| 37 | the maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS in the kernel file. If the | |
| 38 | maintainer does not respond or you cannot find the appropriate | |
| 39 | - maintainer then please contact Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> | |
| 40 | + maintainer then please contact Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>. | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | -Linux 2.4test: | |
| 43 | +Linux 2.4: | |
| 44 | + If the code area has a general maintainer then please submit it to | |
| 45 | + the maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS in the kernel file. If the | |
| 46 | + maintainer does not respond or you cannot find the appropriate | |
| 47 | + maintainer then please contact Marcelo Tosatti | |
| 48 | + <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>. | |
| 49 | + | |
| 50 | +Linux 2.5: | |
| 51 | This kernel tree is under active development. The same rules apply | |
| 52 | - as 2.2 but you may wish to submit your driver via linux-kernel (see | |
| 53 | - resources) and follow that list to track changes in API's. These | |
| 54 | - should no longer be occurring as we are now in a code freeze. | |
| 55 | - The final contact point for Linux 2.4 submissions is | |
| 56 | - <torvalds@transmeta.com>. | |
| 57 | + as 2.4 but you may wish to submit your driver via linux-kernel (see | |
| 58 | + resources) and follow that list to track changes in API's. The final | |
| 59 | + contact point for Linux 2.5 submissions is <torvalds@transmeta.com>. | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | What Criteria Determine Acceptance | |
| 62 | ---------------------------------- | |
| 63 | diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla/MAINTAINERS linux.21p1/MAINTAINERS | |
| 64 | --- linux.vanilla/MAINTAINERS Sat Dec 29 16:57:19 2001 | |
| 65 | +++ linux.21p1/MAINTAINERS Sat Dec 29 03:12:27 2001 | |
| 66 | @@ -1000,9 +1000,8 @@ | |
| 67 | S: Maintained | |
| 68 | ||
| 69 | USB SUBSYSTEM | |
| 70 | -P: Johannes Erdfelt | |
| 71 | -M jerdfelt@valinux.com | |
| 72 | -M: johannes@erdfelt.com | |
| 73 | +P: Greg Kroah-Hartman | |
| 74 | +M: greg@kroah.com | |
| 75 | L: linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net | |
| 76 | L: linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net | |
| 77 | W: http://www.linux-usb.org |