Upstreaming your code - a primer

Armijn Hemel and Ralf Baechle have written an introduction to upstreaming code to the kernel. It's aimed at chip vendors, but should be applicable to other aspiring kernel hackers. "It is likely that the first submission to a Linux kernel developer of your code will not be accepted. This could be for various reasons: the code does not follow the coding style, code quality might not be as high as is expected, and so on. Do not see this as a rejection of your code, but as a first step for successful inclusion into the mainline kernel. Sometimes developers might react very terse, or seemingly irritated. Once again, do not see this as a rejection, but as a sign that you need to put in a little bit more effort."

Comments (9 posted)