Re: [PATCH] net: wireless: b43legacy: radio.c: Remove unused function

From: Sedat Dilek
Date: Sat Jan 03 2015 - 09:51:41 EST


On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Rickard Strandqvist
<rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[ ... ]
>> > I just got one more complaining about my subject-line in "net: wireless: "
>> > I use some sed call for this, so it's easy to fix. I will now remove that
>> > part hereinafter.
>> > I check in Documentation/ but did not find any clear info for this.
>> >
>>
>> The easiest way to make (sub)maintainers happy is to check the git-log...
>>
>> $ git log --oneline /path/to/file
>>
>> ...and look how other contributors labeled their patches.
>>
>> [1] is the 1st address to look at on how to submit patches to Linux-kernel.
>> To promote the good work of Greg, see [2,3] for a video and tutorial
>> on that topic, too.
>>
>> - Sedat -
>>
>> [1] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>> [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXix80GCvpo
>> [3] https://github.com/gregkh/kernel-tutorial
>
>
>
> Hi Sedat
>
> Thanks for the tip :)
>
> To bad with the audio in the video thow. Have read SubmittingPatches before.
>

AFAICS there is another (earlier) video "Write and Submit your first
Linux kernel Patch" from FOSDEM 2010.

For German readers I can recommend the book from [2] (no I get no
money for promotion).

- Sedat -

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4
[2] http://www.opensourcepress.de/de/produkte/Git/33227/978-3-95539-119-5-

>
> But I have now added a line in my script that does a:
>
> git log -10 --oneline
>
> So I can at least see the other subjekt lines, and make adjustments if
> necessary.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
> Rickard Strandqvist
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