Re: [PATCH] Rewrite Documentation/SubmittingPatches.

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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Stefan Beller
<stefanbeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This updates the documentation on how to create patches and send
> these to the kernel mailing list.
>
> The documentation before was written in times before git was there,
> so the crafting of the patch needed to be done manually by diff -up
> in the right directory.
>
> This patch aims at simplifying the patch sending process, without
> breaking the output results.
>
> A discussion with gregkh can be found at
> https://plus.google.com/111049168280159033135/posts/ekAxK9achsA
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <stefanbeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Speaking as the original author... seems reasonable.  ACK with
Borislav's suggested change, moving the old instructions to the bottom
of the file.
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