Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751214AbdGONrp (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Jul 2017 09:47:45 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:45584 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750725AbdGONro (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Jul 2017 09:47:44 -0400 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:47:39 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Marcus Wolf Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, grant.likely@linaro.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Submit of a driver for Pi433 - a radio module for Raspberry Pi Message-ID: <20170715134739.GA20360@kroah.com> References: <281067739.16216.1499788929736@ox.hosteurope.de> <20170712074305.GA20198@kroah.com> <197075499.65628.1500117344413@ox.hosteurope.de> <20170715112454.GB1753@kroah.com> <89433969.66090.1500123565835@ox.hosteurope.de> <20170715130220.GA22977@kroah.com> <826180465.66159.1500124248340@ox.hosteurope.de> <20170715131628.GA29222@kroah.com> <1152815224.66246.1500126030682@ox.hosteurope.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1152815224.66246.1500126030682@ox.hosteurope.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 760 Lines: 23 On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 03:40:30PM +0200, Marcus Wolf wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I absolutly agree. My patch should meet the needs of an official patch. Again, don't use html email :) > But I don't know about the exact needs. Can you please help me? What is needed > / missing in my patch and how do I produce it? > Maybe you can pass me a link, where I can read, what to do? The link I sent you, Documentation/SubmittingPatches in the kernel source tree, should contain everything you need to know. As a minimum you need a good subject, a good changelog body text, and a signed-off-by: line. The file should tell you all about how to create this. If you have specific questions after reading that about these things, please let us know. thanks, greg k-h