The patch titled
SubmittingPatches cleanups
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
submittingpatches-cleanups.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
------------------------------------------------------
Subject: SubmittingPatches cleanups
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
This cleans up SubmittingPatches a bit.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/SubmittingPatches~submittingpatches-cleanups Documentation/SubmittingPatches
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches~submittingpatches-cleanups
+++ a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -173,15 +173,15 @@ For small patches you may want to CC the
trivial@xxxxxxxxxx managed by Adrian Bunk; which collects "trivial"
patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules:
Spelling fixes in documentation
- Spelling fixes which could break grep(1).
+ Spelling fixes which could break grep(1)
Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad)
Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct)
Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things)
- Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region).
+ Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region)
Contact detail and documentation fixes
Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific,
since people copy, as long as it's trivial)
- Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey
+ Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file (ie. patch monkey
in re-transmission mode)
URL: <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/>
@@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ updated change.
It is quite common for Linus to "drop" your patch without comment.
That's the nature of the system. If he drops your patch, it could be
due to
-* Your patch did not apply cleanly to the latest kernel version
+* Your patch did not apply cleanly to the latest kernel version.
* Your patch was not sufficiently discussed on linux-kernel.
-* A style issue (see section 2),
-* An e-mail formatting issue (re-read this section)
-* A technical problem with your change
-* He gets tons of e-mail, and yours got lost in the shuffle
-* You are being annoying (See Figure 1)
+* A style issue (see section 2).
+* An e-mail formatting issue (re-read this section).
+* A technical problem with your change.
+* He gets tons of e-mail, and yours got lost in the shuffle.
+* You are being annoying.
When in doubt, solicit comments on linux-kernel mailing list.
@@ -474,10 +474,10 @@ SECTION 3 - REFERENCES
Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
<http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt>
-Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format."
+Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format".
<http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html>
-Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
+Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
<http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/>
<http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/>
<http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/>
@@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a ke
NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx people!
<http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2>
-Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle
+Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle:
<http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle>
-Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format:
+Linus Torvalds's mail on the canonical patch format:
<http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183>
--
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from pavel@xxxxxxx are
git-gfs2.patch
libata_resume_fix.patch
git-netdev-all.patch
swsusp-reorder-memory-allocating-functions.patch
swsusp-fix-alloc_pagedir.patch
fix-typo-in-rtc-kconfig.patch
submittingpatches-cleanups.patch
thinkpad_ec-new-driver-for-thinkpad-embedded-controller-access.patch
hdaps-use-thinkpad_ec-instead-of-direct-port-access.patch
hdaps-unify-and-cache-hdaps-readouts.patch
hdaps-unify-and-cache-hdaps-readouts-fix.patch
hdaps-correct-readout-and-remove-nonsensical-attributes.patch
hdaps-remember-keyboard-and-mouse-activity.patch
hdaps-limit-hardware-query-rate.patch
hdaps-delay-calibration-to-first-hardware-query.patch
hdaps-add-explicit-hardware-configuration-functions.patch
hdaps-add-explicit-hardware-configuration-functions-fix.patch
hdaps-add-new-sysfs-attributes.patch
hdaps-power-off-accelerometer-on-suspend-and-unload.patch
hdaps-stop-polling-timer-when-suspended.patch
hdaps-simplify-whitelist.patch
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