From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934061Ab0J1R2J (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:28:09 -0400 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:29600 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934054Ab0J1R2A (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:28:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:26:41 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Charles Manning Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Rothwell , gregkh Subject: Re: How do I add yaffs file system to mainline? Message-Id: <20101028102641.d936aec8.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <201010290455.02390.manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> References: <201010290455.02390.manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:55:02 +1300 Charles Manning wrote: > YAFFS has been used for many years as a third-party patch-in. > > I have recently been through the exercise of changing all the symbols to be > more kernel friendly with the intention of mainlining into the linux tree. > > The code is in git at http://github.com/cdhmanning/linux-yaffs-integration/ It's difficult to review & comment on a git tree. We prefer patches via email for review. > Thanks to CELF and Google for sponsoring the effort so far. > > What still needs to be done to mainline this? > Who do I need to approach? Either ask Stephen Rothwell to add the git tree to the linux-next daily tree or ask Greg KH to add it to the drivers/staging/ area. --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***