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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c2c85bcb3d43..d42ab4c9e893 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |||
| @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ kernel, the process can sometimes be daunting if you're not familiar | |||
| 10 | with "the system." This text is a collection of suggestions which | 10 | with "the system." This text is a collection of suggestions which |
| 11 | can greatly increase the chances of your change being accepted. | 11 | can greatly increase the chances of your change being accepted. |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | If you are submitting a driver, also read Documentation/SubmittingDrivers. | 13 | Read Documentation/SubmitChecklist for a list of items to check |
| 14 | before submitting code. If you are submitting a driver, also read | ||
| 15 | Documentation/SubmittingDrivers. | ||
| 14 | 16 | ||
| 15 | 17 | ||
| 16 | 18 | ||
| @@ -74,9 +76,6 @@ There are a number of scripts which can aid in this: | |||
| 74 | Quilt: | 76 | Quilt: |
| 75 | http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt | 77 | http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt |
| 76 | 78 | ||
| 77 | Randy Dunlap's patch scripts: | ||
| 78 | http://www.xenotime.net/linux/scripts/patching-scripts-002.tar.gz | ||
| 79 | |||
| 80 | Andrew Morton's patch scripts: | 79 | Andrew Morton's patch scripts: |
| 81 | http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/ | 80 | http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/ |
| 82 | Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management | 81 | Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management |
| @@ -309,6 +308,8 @@ then you just add a line saying | |||
| 309 | 308 | ||
| 310 | Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org> | 309 | Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.example.org> |
| 311 | 310 | ||
| 311 | using your real name (sorry, no pseudonyms or anonymous contributions.) | ||
| 312 | |||
| 312 | Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for | 313 | Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for |
| 313 | now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just | 314 | now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just |
| 314 | point out some special detail about the sign-off. | 315 | point out some special detail about the sign-off. |
| @@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer". | |||
| 484 | <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/> | 485 | <http://www.kroah.com/log/2005/10/19/> |
| 485 | <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/> | 486 | <http://www.kroah.com/log/2006/01/11/> |
| 486 | 487 | ||
| 487 | NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people!. | 488 | NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people! |
| 488 | <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2> | 489 | <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2> |
| 489 | 490 | ||
| 490 | Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle | 491 | Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle |
| @@ -493,4 +494,3 @@ Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle | |||
| 493 | Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format: | 494 | Linus Torvald's mail on the canonical patch format: |
| 494 | <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183> | 495 | <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183> |
| 495 | -- | 496 | -- |
| 496 | Last updated on 17 Nov 2005. | ||