Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751395AbXAFNmv (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 08:42:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751396AbXAFNmv (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 08:42:51 -0500 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:40521 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751395AbXAFNmu (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 08:42:50 -0500 X-Originating-Ip: 74.109.98.100 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 08:36:23 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: "Ahmed S. Darwish" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] DAC960: kmalloc->kzalloc/Casting cleanups In-Reply-To: <20070106131725.GB19020@Ahmed> Message-ID: References: <20070106131725.GB19020@Ahmed> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.541, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, SARE_SUB_OBFU_Z 0.26) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1218 Lines: 43 On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote: > Hi all, > I'm not able to find the DAC960 block driver maintainer. If someones knows > please reply :). > > A patch to switch kmalloc->kzalloc and to clean unneeded kammloc, > pci_alloc_consistent casts > > Signed-off-by: Ahmed Darwish > > diff --git a/drivers/block/DAC960.c b/drivers/block/DAC960.c a couple bits of advice here. you should start your patch submission with *only* that descriptive text you want included in the log, followed by your "Signed-off-by" line, then a line containing "---". *after* that "---" line, and *before* you start the actual patch, you can add superfluous text, like asking about who the maintainer is, so that informal dialogue like that doesn't become part of the permanent patch record. in short, your patch should look like: A patch to switch... Signed-off-by: ... --- i'm not sure who the maintainer is. can anyone help? diff --git ... rday - 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/