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Documentation/networking: netdev-FAQ typo corrections
Various typo fixes to netdev-FAQ.txt: - capitalize Linux - hyphenate dual-word adjectives - minor punctuation fixes Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]> Acked-by: Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt

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Q: What is netdev?
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A: It is a mailing list for all network related linux stuff. This includes
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A: It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff. This includes
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anything found under net/ (i.e. core code like IPv6) and drivers/net
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(i.e. hardware specific drivers) in the linux source tree.
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(i.e. hardware specific drivers) in the Linux source tree.
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Note that some subsystems (e.g. wireless drivers) which have a high volume
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of traffic have their own specific mailing lists.
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The netdev list is managed (like many other linux mailing lists) through
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The netdev list is managed (like many other Linux mailing lists) through
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VGER ( http://vger.kernel.org/ ) and archives can be found below:
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http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev
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http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/
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Aside from subsystems like that mentioned above, all network related linux
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development (i.e. RFC, review, comments, etc) takes place on netdev.
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Aside from subsystems like that mentioned above, all network-related Linux
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development (i.e. RFC, review, comments, etc.) takes place on netdev.
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Q: How do the changes posted to netdev make their way into linux?
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Q: How do the changes posted to netdev make their way into Linux?
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A: There are always two trees (git repositories) in play. Both are driven
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by David Miller, the main network maintainer. There is the "net" tree,
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Q: How often do changes from these trees make it to the mainline Linus tree?
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A: To understand this, you need to know a bit of background information
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on the cadence of linux development. Each new release starts off with
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on the cadence of Linux development. Each new release starts off with
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a two week "merge window" where the main maintainers feed their new
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stuff to Linus for merging into the mainline tree. After the two weeks,
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the merge window is closed, and it is called/tagged "-rc1". No new
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things are in a state of churn), and a week after the last vX.Y-rcN
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was done, the official "vX.Y" is released.
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Relating that to netdev: At the beginning of the 2 week merge window,
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Relating that to netdev: At the beginning of the 2-week merge window,
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the net-next tree will be closed - no new changes/features. The
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accumulated new content of the past ~10 weeks will be passed onto
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mainline/Linus via a pull request for vX.Y -- at the same time,
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IMPORTANT: Do not send new net-next content to netdev during the
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Shortly after the two weeks have passed, (and vX.Y-rc1 is released) the
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Shortly after the two weeks have passed (and vX.Y-rc1 is released), the
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tree for net-next reopens to collect content for the next (vX.Y+1) release.
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If you aren't subscribed to netdev and/or are simply unsure if net-next
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has re-opened yet, simply check the net-next git repository link above for
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any new networking related commits.
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any new networking-related commits.
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The "net" tree continues to collect fixes for the vX.Y content, and
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is fed back to Linus at regular (~weekly) intervals. Meaning that the
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to why it happens, and then if necessary, explain why the fix proposed
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is the best way to get things done. Don't mangle whitespace, and as
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is common, don't mis-indent function arguments that span multiple lines.
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If it is your 1st patch, mail it to yourself so you can test apply
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If it is your first patch, mail it to yourself so you can test apply
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it to an unpatched tree to confirm infrastructure didn't mangle it.
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Finally, go back and read Documentation/SubmittingPatches to be

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