From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760324Ab0J1RlW (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:41:22 -0400 Received: from smtp.scorch.co.nz ([27.110.127.199]:46078 "HELO scorch.co.nz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750736Ab0J1RlQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:41:16 -0400 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on scorch.co.nz From: Charles Manning To: Randy Dunlap Subject: Re: How do I add yaffs file system to mainline? Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:41:13 +1300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Rothwell , gregkh References: <201010290455.02390.manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> <20101028102641.d936aec8.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20101028102641.d936aec8.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201010290641.13820.manningc2@actrix.gen.nz> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 29 October 2010 06:26:41 Randy Dunlap wrote: > 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. Hi Randy Thanks for the response. At this stage I'm hoping for some high level feedback about code layout etc. and don't expect an immediate approval. I expect to do some further code cleansing before getting a green light. We're talking around 15k lines of code. Is a huge patch set the right way? I thought it would be more polite to invite people to look at git, rather than filling everyone's inboxes. If you do think I should send a patch set then should I send it to lkml or fsdevel? Thanks Charles