Hi all, In the mkpatch.pl scripts, we use "diff -u2" to generate the diffs. Since this option is deprecated and it should be "diff -U 2", I was about to update this line, and wondered why this option was in use. I tested without this option and the patch is actually *smaller* than when using only two lines of context (242846 bytes with the option, 210144 without it). The only reason I can see is that it might help using the patch on a different version of the Linux kernel than the one that was used as a base. But since one can always regenerate the patch for its own tree, I don't really see the interest. And I'm not even sure it really helps. Less contexts also means more risks to patch in the wrong place. So I plan to simply remove that option. Any objection anyone? -- Jean Delvare http://www.ensicaen.ismra.fr/~delvare/
