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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c2c85bcb3d438..d42ab4c9e893b 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ kernel, the process can sometimes be daunting if you're not familiar with "the system." This text is a collection of suggestions which can greatly increase the chances of your change being accepted. -If you are submitting a driver, also read Documentation/SubmittingDrivers. +Read Documentation/SubmitChecklist for a list of items to check +before submitting code. If you are submitting a driver, also read +Documentation/SubmittingDrivers. @@ -74,9 +76,6 @@ There are a number of scripts which can aid in this: Quilt: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt -Randy Dunlap's patch scripts: -http://www.xenotime.net/linux/scripts/patching-scripts-002.tar.gz - Andrew Morton's patch scripts: http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/ Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management @@ -309,6 +308,8 @@ then you just add a line saying Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org> +using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) + Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just point out some special detail about the sign-off. @@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer". <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/> <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/> -NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people!. +NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people! <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2> Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle @@ -493,4 +494,3 @@ Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format: <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183> -- -Last updated on 17 Nov 2005. |