On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:32 AM, Abel <akronix5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> First, I apologize as I guess this topic has been treated many times here. >> >> I'm already coding for a patch intended to be merged with the kernel >> mainline. It adds a small new feature, so it's not a little bug fix, but >> still not so big deal. >> I'll get it compiling and working before I submit the patch to the mailing >> list, that's clear to me; but I'm sure there will be mistakes, stuff I >> didn't think/know about, some styling issues and, maybe, a technical >> discussion of how it should be done. >> >> What I want to ask it's what are the best steps I should walk through in >> order to get this patch merged. >> >> I've already done some modifications of the Linux kernel for university >> works, I've also contributed to other open source projects. But I've never >> tried to contribute to code to the upstream kernel code before. >> >> Greetings, >> >> Akronix. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > > Please see in-tree documentation for development process found here, > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/Documentation/development-process?id=refs/tags/v4.9.5. > It addresses all of your queries. Here are a few more resources to consider: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/Documentation/SubmittingPatches?id=refs/tags/v4.9.5 https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers?id=refs/tags/v4.9.5 https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/plain/Documentation/CodingStyle?id=refs/tags/v4.9.5 _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
