follow up on "malformed patch" problem: On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Grant Grundler <grundler@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... >> diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/ffu.h b/include/linux/mmc/ffu.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..be70880 > > This diff line "looks correct" to me. But pwclient reported this error: > $ pwclient list -p linux-mmc -w "Avi Shchislowski" > Patches submitted by Avi Shchislowski <Avi.Shchislowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > ... > 4039281 New [RFC,1/1,v6] mmc: Support-FFU-for-eMMC-v5.0 > ... > $ pwclient apply 4039281 > ... > patching file drivers/mmc/card/ffu.c > patch: **** malformed patch at line 678: diff --git > a/include/linux/mmc/ffu.h b/include/linux/mmc/ffu.h new file mode > 100644 index 0000000..be70880 678 turned out to be this part of the (new code) ffu.h patch: + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or = +(at + * your option) any later version. I'm just guessing: This looks like a "=" line extension somehow landed in the code and was picked up by the patch. pwclient appears to know how to deal with "=" at the end of the line otherwise. cheers grant -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
