What is the minimum quality needed for drivers to move out of staging?

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Wed Oct 6 14:00:19 UTC 2010


On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 10:50:48AM +0530, PRASANNA KUMAR wrote:
> When a driver will be moved from staging directory tree? What is the  minimum 
> criteria for a driver to be moved to main line tree? Is  there any set of tests 
> that a driver should pass to be moved from staging? How will you decide whether 
> to keep a driver in staging or move out of it??

Drivers move out when they are accepted by the subsystem maintainer that
they belong into.  They have to meet the criteria of any other "normal"
submission.

Do you have a question about a specific driver you are wondering about?

thanks,

greg k-h



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