Mauricio Lin wrote: > I am using quilt to create the patch. The patch is working, but the > problem is related after I send the patch to myself using thunderbird. > > The received patch gotten from my email client is causing "hunk > failed". > Thunderbird makes it pretty hard to send in-line patches but I was able to figure out the kinks thanks to this LKML thread: http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/12/27/191 The basic steps to make it work as expected: * compose the email *in HTML mode* (but make sure you select text-only when sending out, last thing you want is to send HTML emails to LKML:) * when you're ready to insert the patch, switch the style to "Preformat" * open the patch in some editor (gedit works for me), select & copy it into clipboard * in your composer window: Edit->Paste Without Formatting * send the email (double-check it's being sent text-only) You need to play with it a bit to get it right, but it's doable :) --- fm -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
