Re: [PATCH] drm/format_helper: fix a kernel-doc typo

[Simon Ser]

On Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 at 16:39, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 4/4/22 23:26, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>
> > On 4/5/22 08:12, Simon Ser wrote:
> >
> > > On Monday, April 4th, 2022 at 23:35, Randy Dunlap rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 4/4/22 09:04, Simon Ser wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Both doc patches pushed, thanks. I had to manually edit them because they
> > > > > wouldn't apply cleanly. Next time, please use git-send-email (see
> > > > > https://git-send-email.io/ for setup instructions).
> > > >
> > > > That's odd. I did use 'git send-email' and I don't usually have any
> > > > problems (AFAIK). I'll check those setup instructions.
> > >
> > > Hm, maybe the issue isn't git-send-email, but the way the patch was
> > > generated? I had to manually edit these lines for the first patch to work:
> > >
> > > --- linux-next-20211217.orig/include/drm/drm_file.h
> > > +++ linux-next-20211217/include/drm/drm_file.h
> > >
> > > I changed these to:
> > >
> > > --- a/include/drm/drm_file.h
> > > +++ b/include/drm/drm_file.h
> > >
> > > This wasn't enough for the second patch, I had to re-do the changes by hand
> > > from scratch.
> >
> > Yes, I believe the suggestion should be to use git-format-patch instead.
> >
> > To make sure that was is posted can be consumed by the git-am command.
>
>
> Considering that I am not using git, I think it will be difficult
> to use git-format-patch.

Ah, okay. Would you consider using Git for you next patches?

(FYI, I'll pass next time I hit a patch which doesn't apply cleanly.
Nothing personal, it's just that I don't have time to deal with broken
patches.)