On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:28 AM, Yang Chengwei <chengwei.yang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi List, > > I have a question when I try to apply kernel patches from mailing list. > The question is how can I know it's parent so it can be apply without > conflicts? > you can't, but this is not possible with patchset grabbing system, but its with gerrit code review. but if patch set [1/n] is there this is trivial to know from which to which you can apply it up. anyways its preferred to do patches on top of a maintainer's tree, so that the patches wont' get any conflicts. > -- > Thanks, > Chengwei > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQf6GlAAoJEG8F0Pe1SMen2zkH/RsJivRXx2Qj1L1ZLcmwo5Zo > eQ/Eo89SM6Dbf2P/bto1V35DjuTItE/4cC0hDZQNYnwVL4Cad9Z39o75O0KaUOjc > 6yeyGgx71EXAYW5VsLsg9BSxn6spm13oznwInAI7ibFUSE6G8jJDPbDJcC41aTCY > nISM2eCRMperWfYfM7jnBRIJ4zpAoZMn5Auwu2ZLQHAOZ8MwFB3PPZk/CObrKFv9 > JZkVNEn/TFiaHEwcMnLMeyuCF98v7i3sJT3TMgM8ug52CX4mJkMUVFPVP7KoHtQA > hbM5McGk2iH4rGI2h0Sa2D0JYG0+R7K11zrQJQ1at9Y88ka+FC/B9i7cybAkVL8= > =Ix7J > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies