README

   1 ibm-acpi development tree
   2 =========================
   3
   4 This tree is an staging and archival area for ibm-acpi patches and
   5 documentation.
   6
   7 releases/: archival area
   8
   9 releases/upstream/:  directory containing the patches in public releases
  10         of ibm-acpi
  11
  12 releases/upstream/sunrise/: reference (base) version of ibm-acpi
  13
  14 rejected/: staging area for rejected/superseeded/abandoned patches
  15
  16 queues/: various staging areas
  17 queues/acpi-test/: staging area with patches that made it to acpi-test
  18 queues/ibm-acpi/: staging area with patches from ibm-acpi development
  19 queues/for-upstream/: staging area with patches being submitted upstream
  20
  21
  22 sf.net/: Files for ibm-acpi.sf.net
  23
  24 ibm-acpi git tree
  25 =================
  26
  27 Branch                  Description
  28 ------                  ---------------------------------------------
  29 master                  ibm-acpi development tree, see above.
  30
  31 release/*               ibm-acpi releases for various kernels.
  32
  33 for-upstream/
  34         mm              ibm-acpi patches queued to be added to -mm tree,
  35                         for please pull requests to Andrew.
  36
  37         acpi-test       ibm-acpi patches queued to be added to Len's
  38                         acpi-test tree, for please pull requests to Len.
  39                         This is the normal submission path upstream.
  40
  41         acpi-release    ibm-acpi patches queued to be added to mainline
  42                         (through Len's acpi-release tree), for please
  43                         pull requests to Len.  Rarely used.
  44
  45 upstream/*              various upstream trees.
  46
  47 queue/                  patch queue for the next ibm-acpi release
  48   already-upstream      patches already merged upstream (acpi-test),
  49                         patches are removed when they hit mainline or
  50                         a sourceforge release is made.
  51
  52   waiting               patches waiting to be sent or merged upstream.
  53
  54 devel                   Current work (not yet complete or stable)
  55
  56
  57 Typical patch flow:
  58         hmh -> Len (acpi-test) -> mm -> Len (acpi-release) -> Linus
  59
  60 When in doubt, ask ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
  61
  62 Bug reports, comments, new patches, etc are welcome at
  63 ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.
  64
  65 Contact me directly at ibm-acpi@hmh.eng.br.
  66
  67 -- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>