Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / Documentation / SubmittingPatches

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 53e6590263a10607ab9d5e65335257d298f2bd5c..2a8e89e13e458c0818f9db7a1e853742c183efe0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ Read Documentation/SubmitChecklist for a list of items to check
 before submitting code.  If you are submitting a driver, also read
 Documentation/SubmittingDrivers.
 
-
+Many of these steps describe the default behavior of the git version
+control system; if you use git to prepare your patches, you'll find much
+of the mechanical work done for you, though you'll still need to prepare
+and document a sensible set of patches.
 
 --------------------------------------------
 SECTION 1 - CREATING AND SENDING YOUR CHANGE
@@ -25,7 +28,9 @@ SECTION 1 - CREATING AND SENDING YOUR CHANGE
 1) "diff -up"
 ------------
 
-Use "diff -up" or "diff -uprN" to create patches.
+Use "diff -up" or "diff -uprN" to create patches.  git generates patches
+in this form by default; if you're using git, you can skip this section
+entirely.
 
 All changes to the Linux kernel occur in the form of patches, as
 generated by diff(1).  When creating your patch, make sure to create it
@@ -66,19 +71,14 @@ Make sure your patch does not include any extra files which do not
 belong in a patch submission.  Make sure to review your patch -after-
 generated it with diff(1), to ensure accuracy.
 
-If your changes produce a lot of deltas, you may want to look into
-splitting them into individual patches which modify things in
-logical stages.  This will facilitate easier reviewing by other
-kernel developers, very important if you want your patch accepted.
-There are a number of scripts which can aid in this:
-
-Quilt:
-http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt
+If your changes produce a lot of deltas, you need to split them into
+individual patches which modify things in logical stages; see section
+#3.  This will facilitate easier reviewing by other kernel developers,
+very important if you want your patch accepted.
 
-Andrew Morton's patch scripts:
-http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/patch-scripts.tar.gz
-Instead of these scripts, quilt is the recommended patch management
-tool (see above).
+If you're using git, "git rebase -i" can help you with this process.  If
+you're not using git, quilt <http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt>
+is another popular alternative.
 
 
 
@@ -607,7 +607,8 @@ patch.
 If you are going to include a diffstat after the "---" marker, please
 use diffstat options "-p 1 -w 70" so that filenames are listed from
 the top of the kernel source tree and don't use too much horizontal
-space (easily fit in 80 columns, maybe with some indentation).
+space (easily fit in 80 columns, maybe with some indentation).  (git
+generates appropriate diffstats by default.)
 
 See more details on the proper patch format in the following
 references.
@@ -738,7 +739,7 @@ SECTION 3 - REFERENCES
 ----------------------
 
 Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).
-  <http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>
+  <http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/stuff/tpp.txt>
 
 Jeff Garzik, "Linux kernel patch submission format".
   <http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html>
@@ -751,7 +752,7 @@ Greg Kroah-Hartman, "How to piss off a kernel subsystem maintainer".
   <http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/maintainer-05.html>
 
 NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people!
-  <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112112749912944&w=2>
+  <https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/7/11/336>
 
 Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle:
   <http://users.sosdg.org/~qiyong/lxr/source/Documentation/CodingStyle>