Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932134AbVKOWGG (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:06:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932136AbVKOWGG (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:06:06 -0500 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.194]:64643 "EHLO xproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932134AbVKOWGE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:06:04 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Y624XEcwjKf1iDTX6tmGEmoekmNYMScKi9UFO+p5xPhKs7MuMrCAYqcQxZQopq/CdyxKlgF/vtd0XmJB1NO0vafuCobcPkYh5HDocINGngbhXyA6y49qUAWO/c/adiCdR1HYB1s/XWnWos8IKbI1F19kDCgx9dYujdXKO2zVlE8= Message-ID: <9a8748490511151406y72e82354w5c5599ea6201d38e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:06:04 +0100 From: Jesper Juhl To: Greg KH Subject: Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development - take 2 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, greg@kroah.com In-Reply-To: <20051115210459.GA11363@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20051115210459.GA11363@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1514 Lines: 37 On 11/15/05, Greg KH wrote: > Here's an updated version of the "HOTO do Linux kernel development" > document that I've been working on. > > For a description of why I started this, please see: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/348689 > > I've addressed all of the comments that I have received, and flushed out > the the TODO sections. I'd appreciate any comments on this version, as > I think it's looking pretty good and finished for now. If no one > objects, I'll send it in a patch for inclusion in the main tree soon. > [snip] > > Documentation/applying-patches.txt > A good introduction describing exactly what a patch is, how to > create it, and how to apply it to the different development branches > of the kernel. > [snip] I don't believe I mention anything about patch /creation/ in applying-patches.txt, at least the point of the document when I wrote it was to explain what a patch is, how to apply it and give a short description of the various trees. So, your description is accurate except for the "how to create it" bit. -- Jesper Juhl Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html - 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/