This document is intended to explain how to submit device drivers to the
various kernel trees. Note that if you are interested in video card drivers
-you should probably talk to XFree86 (http://www.xfree86.org) instead.
+you should probably talk to XFree86 (http://www.xfree86.org/) and/or X.Org
+(http://x.org/) instead.
Also read the Documentation/SubmittingPatches document.
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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
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Linux 2.0:
- No new drivers are accepted for this kernel tree
+ No new drivers are accepted for this kernel tree.
Linux 2.2:
+ No new drivers are accepted for this kernel tree.
+
+Linux 2.4:
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>
-
-Linux 2.4:
- The same rules apply as 2.2. The final contact point for Linux 2.4
- submissions is Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>.
+ maintainer then please contact Marcelo Tosatti
+ <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>.
Linux 2.6:
The same rules apply as 2.4 except that you should follow linux-kernel
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.
+ See accepted licenses at include/linux/module.h
Copyright: The copyright owner must agree to use of GPL.
It's best if the submitter and copyright owner
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
[mail majordomo@vger.kernel.org to subscribe]
+Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition (covers 2.6.10):
+ http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ (free version)
+
Kernel traffic:
Weekly summary of kernel list activity (much easier to read)
http://www.kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/
+LWN.net:
+ Weekly summary of kernel development activity - http://lwn.net/
+ 2.6 API changes:
+ http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/
+ Porting drivers from prior kernels to 2.6:
+ http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/
+
+KernelTrap:
+ Occasional Linux kernel articles and developer interviews
+ http://kerneltrap.org/
+
+KernelNewbies:
+ Documentation and assistance for new kernel programmers
+ http://kernelnewbies.org/
+
Linux USB project:
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-usb/
+ http://www.linux-usb.org/
+
+How to NOT write kernel driver by arjanv@redhat.com
+ http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/olspaper.pdf
+
+Kernel Janitor:
+ http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/
+--
+Last updated on 17 Nov 2005.
git://git.onelab.eu / linux-2.6.git / blobdiff