Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752248Ab0HUUFd (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:05:33 -0400 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:49903 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751887Ab0HUUFa (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:05:30 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:05:28 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Samuel Thibault , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Nick Piggin Subject: Re: [PATCH,TRIVIAL] Replace Configure with Enable in description of MAXSMP Message-ID: <20100821200528.GA27421@merkur.ravnborg.org> References: <20100821193241.GB4760@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20100821195559.GC4760@const.famille.thibault.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100821195559.GC4760@const.famille.thibault.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1214 Lines: 41 > > Ah, I didn't realize you scripts include the subject topic too. Maybe it > should be said in SubmittingPatches that the "summary phrase" shouldn't > be repeated in the body. >From said document: 15) The canonical patch format The canonical patch subject line is: Subject: [PATCH 001/123] subsystem: summary phrase The canonical patch message body contains the following: - A "from" line specifying the patch author. - An empty line. - The body of the explanation, which will be copied to the permanent changelog to describe this patch. - The "Signed-off-by:" lines, described above, which will also go in the changelog. - A marker line containing simply "---". - Any additional comments not suitable for the changelog. - The actual patch (diff output). That should do it. We cannot tell what should NOT be done. If you use git then it is trivial to commit your changes and generate patches using "git format-patch ..." Sam -- 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/