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| author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org> | 2005-07-02 13:39:09 +0100 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@shinybook.infradead.org> | 2005-07-02 13:39:09 +0100 |
| commit | d2f6409584e2c62ffad81690562330ff3bf4a458 (patch) | |
| tree | 3bdfb97d0b51be2f7f414f2107e97603c1206abb /Documentation/SubmittingDrivers | |
| parent | e1b09eba2686eca94a3a188042b518df6044a3c1 (diff) | |
| parent | 4a89a04f1ee21a7c1f4413f1ad7dcfac50ff9b63 (diff) | |
Merge with master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingDrivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingDrivers | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers index de3b252e717d..c3cca924e94b 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers @@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ Allocating Device Numbers ------------------------- Major and minor numbers for block and character devices are allocated -by the Linux assigned name and number authority (currently better -known as H Peter Anvin). The site is http://www.lanana.org/. This +by the Linux assigned name and number authority (currently this is +Torben Mathiasen). The site is http://www.lanana.org/. This also deals with allocating numbers for devices that are not going to be submitted to the mainstream kernel. +See Documentation/devices.txt for more information on this. -If you don't use assigned numbers then when you device is submitted it will -get given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may +If you don't use assigned numbers then when your device is submitted it will +be given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may have shipped to customers before. Who To Submit Drivers To @@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ Linux 2.2: If the code area has a general maintainer then please submit it to the maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS in the kernel file. If the maintainer does not respond or you cannot find the appropriate - maintainer then please contact Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> + maintainer then please contact the 2.2 kernel maintainer: + Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de>. Linux 2.4: The same rules apply as 2.2. The final contact point for Linux 2.4 @@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ What Criteria Determine Acceptance Licensing: The code must be released to us under the GNU General Public License. We don't insist on any kind - of exclusively GPL licensing, and if you wish the driver + of exclusive GPL licensing, and if you wish the driver to be useful to other communities such as BSD you may well wish to release under multiple licenses. |