On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 06:42:30PM +0000, David Binderman wrote: > Hello there, > > ---------------------------------------- > > How can we make it easier? > > Good question. By dropping requirements, i.e. by being less fussy about what can be accepted. > > For instance, this trivial patch might be acceptable > > --- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c.sav 2016-04-25 19:31:07.768472138 +0100 > +++ drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c 2016-04-25 19:31:38.080925117 +0100 > @@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ > status = serial8250_rx_chars(up, status); > } > serial8250_modem_status(up); > - if ((!up->dma || (up->dma && up->dma->tx_err)) && > + if ((!up->dma || up->dma->tx_err) && > (status & UART_LSR_THRE)) > serial8250_tx_chars(up); You have to at least format it properly so that we can accept it, we do have rules for a good reason, see Documentation/SubmittingPatches for what is needed here (hint, good subject, changelog text, and signed-off-by line.) > I know about 35 other cases like this, scattered across the Linux kernel. Great, submit away! thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
