From fca59bea770346cf1c1f9b0e00cb48a61b44a8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Welte Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:00:20 +0100 Subject: import of old now defunct presentation slides svn repo --- 2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00028.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00028.txt (limited to '2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00028.txt') diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00028.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00028.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f53d9bb --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00028.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +How to submit your code mainline? + + +The FOSS code quality requirements are _extremely_ high +It's not a surprise that Linux is generally considered much more stable than competitors +Code needs to be maintainable +Linux supports old hardware ages beyond their EOL +Thin of MCA, VLB, Decnet, IPX networking, ... +So unless you respect the development culture, your code is likely to get rejected! +Post your driver at the respective mailing lists +Release early, release often +Don't hesitate to ask for feedback and suggestions if you are not 100% sure what is the right way to implement a certain feature + -- cgit v1.2.3