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| author | Dan Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com> | 2020-09-03 09:07:29 -0500 |
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| committer | Dan Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com> | 2020-09-03 09:07:29 -0500 |
| commit | 0416bb8faae9d2858610b0c65db1492d7bc5a327 (patch) | |
| tree | bcb71a02777847bd3733100d1d3305e5a6667d51 | |
| parent | 7ac7abf1d1a580975cc9acafd11ebdb817b95eaa (diff) | |
| download | linux-dt-0416bb8faae9d2858610b0c65db1492d7bc5a327.tar.gz | |
README: Add documentation on the ti-linux branch
Add documentation to the README to clarify what the ti-linux branch is
for and when to submit patches.
Signed-off-by: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@ti.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ This is a repository for DT overlays and TI kernel config fragments. When Linus tags a new kernel version, a branch will be created for that kernel version, e.g. `linux-5.7.y`. If stable releases for that kernel version will cause breakage with DT or configs, which is unlikely but possible, the patches can be added to `linux-5.7.y` to make it work with latest stable of that version. +`ti-linux-x.y.z` branch is the development branch that works with the TI productized `ti-linux-x.y.z` kernel branch. When the kernel ti-linux branch is tagged this repo and branch will be tagged with the corresponding tag. + +Patches to the overlays should always be submitted to the `master` branch and if applicable back ported to the `ti-linux-x.y.z` branch. Only patches that are applicable to the `ti-linux-x.y.z` features should be submitted to that branch. + ## DT Overlays The makefile does two things: |