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Added text to README.md to remind developers that
upstream maintainers need to see uses of exported
symbols if new exports are being added and that
enablement of out-of-tree functionality is not
a sufficient argument for patches to be added.

Change-Id: I633307e7633aab81cb8ae79a9a10bd2d4bc1cebb
Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com>
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Todd Kjos 2019-12-12 11:36:29 -08:00
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1. BEST: Make all of your changes to upstream Linux. If appropriate, backport to the stable releases.
These patches will be merged automatically in the corresponding common kernels. If the patch is already
in upstream Linux, post a backport of the patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.
- Do not send patches upstream that contain only symbol exports. To be considered for upstream Linux,
additions of `EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()` require an in-tree modular driver that uses the symbol -- so include
the new driver or changes to an existing driver in the same patchset as the export.
- When sending patches upstream, the commit message must contain a clear case for why the patch
is needed and beneficial to the community. Enabling out-of-tree drivers or functionality is not
not a persuasive case.
2. LESS GOOD: Develop your patches out-of-tree (from an upstream Linux point-of-view). Unless these are
fixing an Android-specific bug, these are very unlikely to be accepted unless they have been