On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 01:48:22AM +0000, Amit Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > As far as I know that linux-next tree is a preview of patches which will be > merged in the mainline kernel. That is correct. > I've noticed that recently linux-next is updated with a gap. What do you mean by "a gap"? > Can a patch be created against linux-next tree? Yes, it should be made against that tree as that is the merge of all of the development trees together. For more specifics about linux-next and how the patches flow between that and Linus's releases, please see the great documentation in the Linux kernel source tree at Documentation/development_process/ Hope this helps, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
