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@@ -173,15 +173,15 @@ For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey
173trivial@kernel.org managed by Adrian Bunk; which collects "trivial" 173trivial@kernel.org managed by Adrian Bunk; which collects "trivial"
174patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules: 174patches. Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules:
175 Spelling fixes in documentation 175 Spelling fixes in documentation
176 Spelling fixes which could break grep(1). 176 Spelling fixes which could break grep(1)
177 Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad) 177 Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad)
178 Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct) 178 Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct)
179 Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things) 179 Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things)
180 Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region). 180 Removing use of deprecated functions/macros (eg. check_region)
181 Contact detail and documentation fixes 181 Contact detail and documentation fixes
182 Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific, 182 Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific,
183 since people copy, as long as it's trivial) 183 since people copy, as long as it's trivial)
184 Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file. (ie. patch monkey 184 Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file (ie. patch monkey
185 in re-transmission mode) 185 in re-transmission mode)
186URL: <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/> 186URL: <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/bunk/trivial/>
187 187
@@ -245,13 +245,13 @@ updated change.
245It is quite common for Linus to "drop" your patch without comment. 245It is quite common for Linus to "drop" your patch without comment.
246That's the nature of the system. If he drops your patch, it could be 246That's the nature of the system. If he drops your patch, it could be
247due to 247due to
248* Your patch did not apply cleanly to the latest kernel version 248* Your patch did not apply cleanly to the latest kernel version.
249* Your patch was not sufficiently discussed on linux-kernel. 249* Your patch was not sufficiently discussed on linux-kernel.
250* A style issue (see section 2), 250* A style issue (see section 2).
251* An e-mail formatting issue (re-read this section) 251* An e-mail formatting issue (re-read this section).
252* A technical problem with your change 252* A technical problem with your change.
253* He gets tons of e-mail, and yours got lost in the shuffle 253* He gets tons of e-mail, and yours got lost in the shuffle.
254* You are being annoying (See Figure 1) 254* You are being annoying.
255 255
256When in doubt, solicit comments on linux-kernel mailing list. 256When in doubt, solicit comments on linux-kernel mailing list.
257 257
@@ -476,10 +476,10 @@ SECTION 3 - REFERENCES
476Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp). 476Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
477 <http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt> 477 <http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt>
478 478
479Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format." 479Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format".
480 <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html> 480 <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html>
481 481
482Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer". 482Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
483 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/> 483 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/03/31/>
484 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/> 484 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/07/08/>
485 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/> 485 <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/>
@@ -488,9 +488,9 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
488NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people! 488NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people!
489 <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2> 489 <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2>
490 490
491Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle 491Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle:
492 <http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle> 492 <http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle>
493 493
494Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format: 494Linus Torvalds's mail on the canonical patch format:
495 <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183> 495 <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183>
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