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## Two steps

  Forum: Device Drivers
  Re: How to include new driver in new releases of the Linux kernel (John)
  Keywords: VMELinux VME Linux Kernel Release
  Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 23:00:09 GMT
  From: Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>

There are two basic steps to getting new pieces into the Linux kernel. The first is to have other people test them; that should include feedback from other kernel developers on the linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu mailing list. After the patches have been tested, the second step is to send them to Linus for inclusion. You may have to do this several times; his email often exceeds his capability to absorb it, so he assumes that important email will get retransmitted. Also, he may ask you to change things; if you aren't getting a response from him it may be because he is not satisfied with the patch in some way; feel free to ask him why if you've sent the patch a few times and it hasn't gone in yet.