Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 01:09:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 01:09:53 -0500 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:49674 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 01:09:53 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 22:18:57 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Miles Bader cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v850] Reduce redundancy in v850 linker scripts In-Reply-To: <20021220052803.B28B23702@mcspd15.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1047 Lines: 31 On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Miles Bader wrote: > > diff -ruN -X../cludes ../orig/linux-2.5.52-uc0/arch/v850/vmlinux.lds.S arch/v850/vmlinux.lds.S > --- ../orig/linux-2.5.52-uc0/arch/v850/vmlinux.lds.S 2002-11-28 10:24:54.000000000 +0900 > +++ arch/v850/vmlinux.lds.S 2002-12-19 19:54:31.000000000 +0900 Can you please make your patches be rooted the "standard" way, ie do diff -ruN linux-old-dir linux-new-dir so that they apply cleanly with a "patch -p1" and the diff headers say something like --- xxxx/arch/v850/vmlinux.lds.S +++ yyyy/arch/v850/vmlinux.lds.S because that's how all my tools are set up to take patches. I've done it by hand now, but it's somewhat tedious, and if I'm lazy (most of the time) it ends up meaning that I normally just drop patches that don't apply cleanly. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/