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authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>2006-07-30 03:03:45 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-07-31 13:28:40 -0700
commitbc7455fa3b5ada2a47d24755cc431f4dfff052cb (patch)
tree6cad57aab9bf3695694183ab6b22efd6e29790af /Documentation/SubmittingPatches
parent0fcb78c22f06340cdba884d7381adb3a0148bbb6 (diff)
downloadlinux-bc7455fa3b5ada2a47d24755cc431f4dfff052cb.tar.bz2
[PATCH] Doc/SubmittingPatches cleanups
A few cleanups to SubmittingPatches: - mention SubmitChecklist - remove mention of my simple patch script tools - remove last-updated line Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index c2c85bcb3d43..2cd7f02ffd0b 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
@@ -484,7 +483,7 @@ 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 +492,3 @@ 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.