Re: after effects of a kernel API change

["Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 11:05:53AM +0530, Rajat Jain wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there any way volunteers like me can help in this exercise?
> >
> >See the /APIchanges in the Kernel Janitors TODO list
> >http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo
> >
> [...]
> 1) How do I make sure if some one is NOT working on any of the
> mentioned bullet points? Who coordinates? On what mailing list?

Check latest trees to make sure the work is not duplicated. espicially 
trees like -mm and subsystem ones.

> 2) Do any patches for the above Todo list have the chances of getting
> merged into the mainstream kernel? Who approves? I suppose the
> respective maintainer of the driver / subsystem getting affected?

I advise lurking (following/reading) the list for at least 2 or 3 weeks and 
you'll automatically understand how the "system" works. Also check:

$KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/HOWTO
$KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
$KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/CodingStyle

-- 
Ahmed S. Darwish
http://darwish-07.blogspot.com
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