Hi Julian Calaby: thank you for your reply, firstly. 1) I think what you reply are valuable (at least, for me, it is true). 2) I have read Documents/SubmittingPatches (which Eric Dumazet suggested) 3) I also think, it will be better, if put part contents of your reply into Documents/SubmittingPatches as completion. thanks. gchen. 于 2012年11月09日 13:06, Julian Calaby 写道: > Hi Chen, > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hell David Miller: >> >> 1) Is this patch applied ? or need some discussion ? or suspended ? >> >> 2) If possible: >> A) can you tell me about our patch processing work flow " >> B) or some reference links (or document location) ? > > In regards to patches, you should assume that maintainers are: > 1. grumpy > 2. overworked > 3. looking at your patch as you email them about it. > > (Note that only #2 is true, but it saves everyone time and aggravation > if you assume the rest) > > 11 hours is not long enough for David to get to your patch, review it > and apply it. I don't believe that there are any maintainers which > would get to a patch that quickly. > > If David hadn't applied the patch within a few days of it being > posted, then you might want to gently ask what's up. However, as Sam > reviewed the patch and had some comments about it, it's unlikely that > David will even look at it until you've addressed Sam's feedback. > > The best way to get a patch into the kernel is to follow the rules in > Documentation/SubmittingPatches which you have, respond quickly to any > feedback, be patient, be prepared to explain why you're doing what > you're doing, and be prepared to change and resubmit your patch many > times until everyone is happy with it. > > I'm sure that this is all written down in a document somewhere, but I > can't recall what or where it is. > > Thanks, > -- Chen Gang Asianux Corporation -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
