Subsystem and maintainer tree specific development process notes

The purpose of this document is to provide subsystem specific information which is supplementary to the general development process handbook Documentation/process.

Contents:

• 1. The tip tree handbook
  • 1.1. What is the tip tree?
  • 1.2. Patch submission notes
  • 1.3. Coding style notes
  • 1.4. Commit notifications
• 2. Networking subsystem (netdev)
  • 2.1. tl;dr
  • 2.2. netdev
  • 2.3. Development cycle
  • 2.4. git trees and patch flow
  • 2.5. netdev patch review
  • 2.6. Preparing changes
  • 2.7. Testing
  • 2.8. Testimonials / feedback