Run scripts/get_maintainer.pl on any file and it will tell you where tosend changes to: $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --file init/do_mounts.c Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:7/9=78%,authored:5/9=56%,added_lines:7/44=16%,removed_lines:27/32=84%) David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:3/9=33%,authored:2/9=22%,added_lines:5/44=11%,removed_lines:5/32=16%) Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:2/9=22%) Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:1/9=11%,authored:1/9=11%,added_lines:31/44=70%) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (commit_signer:1/9=11%,authored:1/9=11%) linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (open list)But don't do janitorial cleanup on those files as a "first task". Thatis what the drivers/staging/ directory is for, don't mess with corekernel files unless you have experience doing kernel changes, as thelearning curve needs to be gotten over first.
Hi Greg,
I appreciate your reply and I will take your piece of advice on what to do as the first task.
Best regards,
Paulo Almeida |
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