1 List of maintainers and how to submit kernel changes
3 Please try to follow the guidelines below. This will make things
4 easier on the maintainers. Not all of these guidelines matter for every
5 trivial patch so apply some common sense.
7 1. Always _test_ your changes, however small, on at least 4 or
8 5 people, preferably many more.
10 2. Try to release a few ALPHA test versions to the net. Announce
11 them onto the kernel channel and await results. This is especially
12 important for device drivers, because often that's the only way
13 you will find things like the fact version 3 firmware needs
14 a magic fix you didn't know about, or some clown changed the
15 chips on a board and not its name. (Don't laugh! Look at the
16 SMC etherpower for that.)
18 3. Make sure your changes compile correctly in multiple
21 4. When you are happy with a change make it generally available for
22 testing and await feedback.
24 5. Make a patch available to the relevant maintainer in the list. Use
25 'diff -u' to make the patch easy to merge. Be prepared to get your
26 changes sent back with seemingly silly requests about formatting
27 and variable names. These aren't as silly as they seem. One
28 job the maintainers (and especially Linus) do is to keep things
29 looking the same. Sometimes this means that the clever hack in
30 your driver to get around a problem actual needs to become a
31 generalized kernel feature ready for next time.
33 PLEASE try to include any credit lines you want added with the
34 patch. It avoids people being missed off by mistake and makes
35 it easier to know who wants adding and who doesn't.
37 PLEASE document known bugs. If it doesn't work for everything
38 or does something very odd once a month document it.
40 6. Make sure you have the right to send any changes you make. If you
41 do changes at work you may find your employer owns the patch
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48 Maintainers List (try to look for most precise areas first)
52 L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
53 W: Web-page with status/info
54 S: Status, one of the following:
56 Supported: Someone is actually paid to look after this (wildly
58 Maintained: Someone actually looks after it.
59 Odd Fixes: It has a maintainer but they don't have time to do
60 much other than throw the odd patch in. See below..
61 Orphan: No current maintainer [but maybe you could take the
62 role as you write your new code].
63 Obsolete: Old code. Something tagged obsolete generally means
64 it has been replaced by a better system and you
69 M: Remy.Card@linux.org
70 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
75 M: net-patches@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
76 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
79 8390 NETWORK DRIVERS [WD80x3/SMC-ELITE, SMC-ULTRA, NE2000, 3C503, etc.]
81 M gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au
82 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
84 W: http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/ne2000.html
86 ETHEREXPRESS-16 NETWORK DRIVER
89 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
94 M: phil@tazenda.demon.co.uk
95 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
100 M: james.banks@caldera.com
101 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
104 DIGI RIGHTSWITCH NETWORK DRIVER
107 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
108 W: http://www.dgii.com/linux/
111 WAVELAN NETWORK DRIVER & WIRELESS EXTENSIONS
113 M: jt@hplb.hpl.hp.com
116 HP100: Driver for HP 10/100 Mbit/s Network Adapter Series
122 P: Rik Faith & Stephen Rothwell
123 M: faith@cs.unc.edu, Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au
124 L: linux-laptop@vger.rutgers.edu
127 TOKEN-RING NETWORK DRIVER
130 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
133 APPLETALK NETWORK LAYER
134 P: Alan Cox & University Of Michigan
135 M: net-patches@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
136 L: netatalk@umich.edu
142 L: netdev@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx
148 L: linux-hams@vger.rutgers.edu
153 M: jreuter@lykos.oche.de
154 L: linux-hams@vger.rutgers.edu
157 Z8530 DRIVER FOR AX.25
159 M: jreuter@lykos.oche.de
160 L: linux-hams@vger.rutgers.edu
164 P: Leonard N. Zubkoff
165 M: Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
166 L: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
167 W: http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/
170 CYCLADES ASYNC MUX DRIVER
172 M: Marcio Saito <marcio@cyclades.com>
173 W: http://www.cyclades.com/
176 EATA ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI DRIVER
178 M: dario@milano.europe.dg.com
179 L: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
184 M: dario@milano.europe.dg.com
185 L: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
190 M: mike@i-Connect.Net
191 L: linux-eata@i-connect.net, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
196 M: mike@i-Connect.Net
197 L: linux-eata@i-connect.net, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
200 FILE LOCKING (flock() and fcntl()/lockf())
202 M: andy@lysaker.kvaerner.no
203 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
206 FRAME RELAY DLCI/FRAD (Sangoma drivers too)
208 M: mike.mclagan@linux.org
209 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
212 FUTURE DOMAIN TMC-16x0 SCSI DRIVER (16-bit)
215 L: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
216 S: Odd fixes (e.g., new signatures)
220 M: Kai.Makisara@metla.fi
221 L: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
225 P: Claus-Justus Heine
226 M: claus@momo.math.rwth-aachen.de
227 L: linux-tape@vger.rutgers.edu
239 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
242 IDE/ATAPI CDROM DRIVER
244 M: andersee@debian.org
245 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
250 M: fritz@wuemaus.franken.de
251 L: isdn4linux@hub-wue.franken.de
256 M: Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch
257 W: http://www.clark.net/pub/lawrencc/linux/index.html
258 L: linux-m68k@phil.uni-sb.de
261 MODULE SUPPORT [GENERAL], KERNELD
264 W: http://www.pi.se/blox/modules/
265 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
271 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
276 M: ralf@gnu.ai.mit.edu
277 W: http://lena.fnet.fr/
278 L: linux-mips@fnet.fr
283 M: lendecke@Math.Uni-Goettingen.de
284 L: linware@sh.cvut.cz
290 L: linux-hams@vger.rutgers.edu
293 NETWORKING [GENERAL]:
295 M: netdev@nuclecu.unam.mx
296 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
297 W: http://www.uk.linux.org/NetNews.html (2.0 only)
300 NETWORKING [IPv4/IPv6]:
302 M: davem@caip.rutgers.edu
304 M: Eric.Schenk@dna.lth.se
305 L: netdev@roxanne.nuclecu.unam.mx
308 PPP PROTOCOL DRIVERS AND COMPRESSORS
310 M: longyear@pobox.com
311 L: linux-ppp@vger.rutgers.edu
314 REAL TIME CLOCK DRIVER
316 M gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au
317 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
320 STARMODE RADIO IP (STRIP) PROTOCOL DRIVER
322 M: cheshire@cs.stanford.edu
323 W: http://mosquitonet.Stanford.EDU/strip.html
326 WAN ROUTER AND SANGOMA WANPIPE DRIVERS (X.25, FRAME RELAY, PPP)
328 M: genek@compuserve.com
330 W: http://www.sangoma.com
335 M: lendecke@Math.Uni-Goettingen.de
336 L: samba@listproc.anu.edu.au
341 M: torvalds@transmeta.com
342 L: linux-smp@vger.rutgers.edu
347 M: davem@caip.rutgers.edu
348 L: sparclinux@vger.rutgers.edu
352 P: Leonard N. Zubkoff
353 M: Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com>
354 L: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
359 M: mj@k332.feld.cvut.cz
360 L: linux-video@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
365 M: chaffee@plateau.cs.berkeley.edu
366 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
367 W: http://www-plateau.cs.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee
370 DIGI INTL. EPCA DRIVER:
374 L: digiboard@list.fuller.edu
378 P: Dmitry Gorodchanin
379 M: begemot@bgm.rosprint.net
380 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
383 HAYES ESP SERIAL DRIVER:
384 P: Andrew J. Robinson
386 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
387 W: http://www.nyx.net/~arobinso
390 MOUSE AND MISC DEVICES [GENERAL]
392 M: rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it
393 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
399 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
404 M: boldt@math.ucsb.edu
409 M: jmaurer@cck.uni-kl.de
412 PCNET32 NETWORK DRIVER
413 P: Thomas Bogendoerfer
414 M: tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
415 L: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
420 M: Bob Frey <bobf@advansys.com>
421 W: http://www.advansys.com/linux
425 P: Juergen E. Fischer
426 M: Juergen Fischer <fischer@et-inf.fho-emden.de>
427 L: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
431 P: Eberhard Moenkeberg
433 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
436 NON-IDE/NON-SCSI CDROM DRIVERS [GENERAL] (come on, crew - mark your responsibility)
437 P: Eberhard Moenkeberg
439 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
442 PARALLEL PORT SHARING SUPPORT
444 M: Philip.Blundell@pobox.com
446 M: tmw20@cyberelk.demon.co.uk
448 M: campbell@tirian.che.curtin.edu.au
449 L: linux-parport@torque.net
450 L: pnp-list@redhat.com
451 W: http://www.cyberelk.demon.co.uk/parport.html
452 W: http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/~campbell/parbus/
457 M: billm@suburbia.net
458 W: http://suburbia.net/~billm/floating-point/emulator/
466 KERNEL AUTOMOUNTER (AUTOFS)
469 L: autofs@linux.kernel.org
472 DEVICE NUMBER REGISTRY
475 L: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
480 S: Buried alive in diapers