Re: I want to contribute a uledtriggers driver

On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 11:48:18PM +1100, Craig McQueen wrote:
> I have written a uledtriggers driver -- a userspace LED triggers driver -- similar in concept to uleds but for LED triggers. I currently have it as an out-of-tree driver, targeting kernel v6.8:
> 
> https://github.com/cmcqueen/linux-kernel-uledtriggers
> 
> I am interested to contribute it to the mainline kernel. I have done drivers in the kernel tree before, within a company, so I know how to do the Kconfig and Makefile etc. But I don't know how to do the processes of liaising with the appropriate kernel maintainers to do a driver contribution. I know linux-leds mailing list exists.

It's the same as for any other kernel change, make a patch, run it
through 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' to determine where to send it to,
and then send it to them :)

The kernel has loads of documentation on how to submit a patch, I
recommend reading that and if you have specific questions afterward,
please ask.

hope this helps,

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