On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:41:15AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > * twebb <taliaferro62@xxxxxxxxx> [081030 09:22]: > > Not being very familiar with the kernel development process and git, > > I'm hoping someone can suggest which code from the l-o git offers the > > best support of the OMAP35x EVM. I'm guessing it would be the code > > tagged "v2.6.27-omap1" but I'm not sure. What's the general > > difference between tags "v2.6.27" and "v2.6.27-omap1"? > > The difference is v2.6.27 is a tag by Linus, v2.6.27-omap1 is the > first patchset of omap patches on top of Linus' v2.6.27. > > If we need to add more omap specific fixes on top of that, we'll > tag v2.6.27-omap2 and so on. > > > On a more general note, is there documentation somewhere that > > describes the kernel development process, and how tags are used (or > > not) to identify particular stability points in the development > > lifecycle of a particular tree (like linux-omap)? > > There are various git howto sites, also read Documentation/Submit*. > > I'm not aware of any docs that would describe the -rc tags and merge > windows, but I'm sure something like that exists somewhere :) > > Anybody got a link? Documentation/development-process/* -- balbi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
