Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst

6 The Maintainer Entry Profile supplements the top-level process documents
7 (submitting-patches, submitting drivers...) with
8 subsystem/device-driver-local customs as well as details about the patch
9 submission life-cycle. A contributor uses this document to level set
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17 Provide an introduction to how the subsystem operates. While MAINTAINERS
19 convey other subsystem-local infrastructure and mechanisms that aid
24 - Are there notifications when patches are applied to the local tree, or
26 - Does the subsystem have a patchwork instance? Are patchwork state
28 - Any bots or CI infrastructure that watches the list, or automated
29   testing feedback that the subsystem uses to gate acceptance?
30 - Git branches that are pulled into -next?
31 - What branch should contributors submit against?
32 - Links to any other Maintainer Entry Profiles? For example a
33   device-driver may point to an entry for its parent subsystem. This makes
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40 List mandatory and advisory criteria, beyond the common "submit-checklist",
46 of related hardware specifications. For example, does the subsystem
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55 considered for the next -rc1. The reality is that most patches need to
56 be settled in soaking in linux-next in advance of the merge window
57 opening. Clarify for the submitter the key dates (in terms of -rc release
59 wait for the next -rc. At a minimum:
61 - Last -rc for new feature submissions:
68   submissions should appear before -rc5.
70 - Last -rc to merge features: Deadline for merge decisions
71   Indicate to contributors the point at which an as yet un-applied patch
79 - First -rc at which the development baseline branch, listed in the
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102    ../doc-guide/maintainer-profile
103    ../nvdimm/maintainer-entry-profile
104    ../arch/riscv/patch-acceptance
105    ../process/maintainer-soc
106    ../process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts
107    ../driver-api/media/maintainer-entry-profile
108    ../process/maintainer-netdev
109    ../driver-api/vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance
110    ../nvme/feature-and-quirk-policy
111    ../filesystems/xfs/xfs-maintainer-entry-profile
112    ../mm/damon/maintainer-profile