Its in the root directory of the kernel source. It is managed by GregKH and code goes in there with the goal of being improved enough to make it into the mainline kernel. If it sits in staging for too long (a year?) then it gets booted. So when a driver goes into staging, the goal really is to get it improved and fully accepted. And it can't just sit in there for years. Greg On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Onkar Mahajan <kern.devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What is the staging tree and how can I access it ? > > > Regards, > Onkar > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Onkar Mahajan <kern.devel@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > Hi Kernel newbies, >> > Can anybody please give me pointers to good networking >> > projects, >> > which >> > can be done over long period of time. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Onkar >> >> I'm not a linux kernel network guru, but I think you need to give more >> guidance. >> >> There are at least several areas that might fit your question: >> >> 1) Implementing new protocols/features (ie. I think ipv6 is still >> adding features) >> 2) Implementing new low-level media (ie. tcp over fiber-channel >> exists, but I assume new media appears from time to time. >> 3) cluster interconnects often use custom networking >> 4) new nics always need new drivers. See the staging tree for some >> currently in need of work. This is especially true of supporting OE >> (offload engines) I believe. >> 5) wireless work is always ongoing. My broadcomm does not survive >> hibernation is one small example. >> >> I'm sure there are others. >> >> There is a lkml-networking mailing list that addresses some of those, >> but not all. for instance I think wireless has its own devel area. >> Same for cluster interconnects. >> >> Of course I ignored userspace projects like samba. Tons of those around >> too. >> >> Greg >> -- >> Greg Freemyer >> Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team >> Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer >> CNN/TruTV AiredForensic Imaging Demo - >> >> http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/23/how-computer-evidence-gets-retrieved/ >> >> The Norcross Group >> The Intersection of Evidence & Technology >> http://www.norcrossgroup.com > > -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer CNN/TruTV AiredForensic Imaging Demo - http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/23/how-computer-evidence-gets-retrieved/ The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
