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authorPavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>2006-09-29 13:01:29 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-09-29 20:18:23 +0400
commit8e9cb8fdab0709c508cd9689bee6916a270191cc (patch)
treeb7471650ba29b342c2cae805187534b6969d1283 /Documentation
parent1497b2749babb01458a6d9dfd4dfb493b3d388f2 (diff)
downloadlinux-8e9cb8fdab0709c508cd9689bee6916a270191cc.tar.xz
[PATCH] SubmittingPatches cleanups
This cleans up SubmittingPatches a bit. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index d42ab4c9e893..958182f6aa1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -173,15 +173,15 @@ For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey
trivial@kernel.org managed by Adrian Bunk; which collects "trivial"
patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules:
Spelling fixes in documentation
- Spelling fixes which could break grep(1).
+ Spelling fixes which could break grep(1)
Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad)
Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct)
Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things)
- Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region).
+ Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region)
Contact detail and documentation fixes
Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific,
since people copy, as long as it's trivial)
- Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey
+ Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file (ie. patch monkey
in re-transmission mode)
URL: <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/>
@@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ updated change.
It is quite common for Linus to "drop" your patch without comment.
That's the nature of the system. If he drops your patch, it could be
due to
-* Your patch did not apply cleanly to the latest kernel version
+* Your patch did not apply cleanly to the latest kernel version.
* Your patch was not sufficiently discussed on linux-kernel.
-* A style issue (see section 2),
-* An e-mail formatting issue (re-read this section)
-* A technical problem with your change
-* He gets tons of e-mail, and yours got lost in the shuffle
-* You are being annoying (See Figure 1)
+* A style issue (see section 2).
+* An e-mail formatting issue (re-read this section).
+* A technical problem with your change.
+* He gets tons of e-mail, and yours got lost in the shuffle.
+* You are being annoying.
When in doubt, solicit comments on linux-kernel mailing list.
@@ -476,10 +476,10 @@ SECTION 3 - REFERENCES
Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
<http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt>
-Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format."
+Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format".
<http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html>
-Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
+Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
<http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/>
<http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/>
<http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/>
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
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
+Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle:
<http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle>
-Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format:
+Linus Torvalds's mail on the canonical patch format:
<http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183>
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