1 LIBNVDIMM Maintainer Entry Profile
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4 Overview
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6 The libnvdimm subsystem manages persistent mem
7 architectures. The mailing list is tracked by
8 https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-nvd
9 ...and that instance is configured to give fee
10 patch acceptance and upstream merge. Patches a
11 'libnvdimm-fixes' or 'libnvdimm-for-next' bran
12 available here:
13 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/gi
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15 In general patches can be submitted against th
16 the incoming code change is dependent on other
17 patch should be based on the libnvdimm-for-nex
18 persistent memory sits at the intersection of
19 are cases where patches are more suitable to b
20 Filesystem or the Memory Management tree. When
21 list and the maintainers will help route.
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23 Submissions will be exposed to the kbuild robo
24 testing. It helps to get a success notificatio
25 before submitting, but it is not required.
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28 Submit Checklist Addendum
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30 There are unit tests for the subsystem via the
31 https://github.com/pmem/ndctl
32 Those tests need to be passed before the patch
33 necessarily before initial posting. Contact th
34 getting the test environment set up.
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36 ACPI Device Specific Methods (_DSM)
37 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
38 Before patches enabling a new _DSM family will
39 be assigned a format-interface-code from the N
40 Specification Working Group. In general, the s
41 to push back on the proliferation of NVDIMM co
42 consider implementing support for an existing
43 drivers/acpi/nfit/nfit.h for the set of suppor
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46 Key Cycle Dates
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48 New submissions can be sent at any time, but i
49 next merge window they should be sent before -
50 stabilized in the libnvdimm-for-next branch by
51 patch set requires more than 2 weeks of review
52 and some patches may require multiple developm
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55 Review Cadence
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57 In general, please wait up to one week before
58 private mail reminder is preferred. Alternativ
59 developers that have Reviewed-by tags for libn
60 look and offer their opinion.
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