Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932302AbXE2BwI (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 May 2007 21:52:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753459AbXE2Bv5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 May 2007 21:51:57 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]:23428 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753316AbXE2Bv4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 May 2007 21:51:56 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=Ja82ACRu2eoIP3urk3eY1CRAYF14T+3kVeueXUoaVh3WJ9uZ1jowvHUbqzKiH2DteSyMG8qlEG+LEmcvawBMCf/6/Wj3vO7DrsCOSxPFN1erLXaECl0yaPZYW0WOyN4atuhl28BVAnOWtNefSws03VnsD5WZlfc+3PgKNeKEgKE= Message-ID: <2cd57c900705281851g7e0cdbe8j9db0689390155dd4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:51:55 +0800 From: "Qi Yong" To: "Andy Whitcroft" Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a trivial patch style checker Cc: "Andrew Morton" , "Randy Dunlap" , "Joel Schopp" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <9a1288909c10f2935af82ec5cea0c46b@pinky> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9a1288909c10f2935af82ec5cea0c46b@pinky> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4106a20b3547d3d3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1148 Lines: 36 On 28/05/07, Andy Whitcroft wrote: ... > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > index a417b25..23637e8 100644 > --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > @@ -118,7 +118,21 @@ then only post say 15 or so at a time and wait for review and integration. > ... > -8) Name your kernel version. > +9) Name your kernel version. > > It is important to note, either in the subject line or in the patch > description, the kernel version to which this patch applies. If omitted, we could assume it default to the latest linus git tree. > -10) Include PATCH in the subject > +11) Include PATCH in the subject > > Due to high e-mail traffic to Linus, and to linux-kernel, it is common > convention to prefix your subject line with [PATCH]. This lets Linus or use "patch", to be easier to read. -- Qi Yong - 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/