On 29 July 2013 06:39, Dolan Murvihill <dmurvihill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been able to figure out from all the various HOWTOs about the > different kernel trees (main development, -next, -stable, the subsystem > trees, etc.) and I see where the files and patches are archived on > kernel.org, but I haven't been able to find the actual git repos that I > need to clone to work on the main kernel, or any of the others. Can > someone please elaborate on exactly where each of these are stored so > that I can more easily translate this conceptual knowledge into the > actual git commands I have to run to make it work? > > Thanks, > Dolan Hello! It depends on what you are looking for. There is the gitweb interface [1] for the kernel.org repos. You'll find the repos there. Git, by definition, is distributed, to there isn't 'the one true repo'. The de facto official repo, I think is considered Linus's linux.git [2] (there is also a mirror on github [3], but don't try to send pull requests :P on github for the Linux kernel). So if you want a stable repo, maybe that is what you should clone. For a little more unstable version, there's the linux-next repo (I think the address is this [4]). It's there new features are being introduced first, ,before the mainline version. But most subsystems (and chief maintainers) have their own tree (like David's net repo [5]). If you want to start general patching, linux-next should be a good start. But if there is a specific subsystem you are interested in, get its own repo. [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/ [2] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/ [3] https://github.com/torvalds/linux [4] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/ [5] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/ _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
