Re: [Outreachy kernel] Help maintain the First Patch Tutorial

[Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>]

On Tue, 19 Oct 2021, Karolina Drobnik wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thank you very much for your comments. You can find an updated version
> of this section below.


OK for me.  Thanks!

julia

>
>
> Thanks,
> Karolina
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> <<Anchor(submit_a_patch)>>
> = Submit a patch =
>
> The first step to sending a patch is to figure out who to send it to.
> For this, you need to find the maintainer of the code you're patching,
> and Cc the correct mailing list. If you simply send it off to
> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, it will get ignored. The perl script in
> the kernel source directory ``scripts/get_maintainer.pl`` will either
> take a git commit or a file, and tell you who to send your patch to:
>
> {{{
> $ git show --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit HEAD
> a490e2e84eda staging: vt6655: Rename byPreambleType field
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c
> b/drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c
> index 0bae35af6e0f..5efca92f1f18 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c
> @@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ void vnt_get_phy_field(struct vnt_private *priv,
> u32 frame_length,
>         u32 count = 0;
>         u32 tmp;
>         int ext_bit;
> -       u8 preamble_type = priv->byPreambleType;
> +       u8 preamble_type = priv->preamble_type;
>
>         bit_count = frame_length * 8;
>         ext_bit = false;
>
> $ git show HEAD | perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl --separator , --
> nokeywords --nogit --nogit-fallback --norolestats
> Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net>,Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> }}}
>
> To get a list of maintainers for a particular file, use `-f` option:
>
> {{{
> $ perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl --separator , --nokeywords --nogit --
> nogit-fallback --norolestats -f drivers/staging/vt6655/baseband.c
> Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net>,Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> }}}
>
> The many arguments to get_maintainer.pl cause the output to be in the
> form of a comma-separated list and cause only the actual maintainers of
> the affected files and relevant mailing lists to be included. For
> Outreachy patches, remember to include the outreachy mailing list in
> your `To:` field as well.
>
> The second step to submitting a patch is to create and send a patch as
> an email. You cannot send patches as attachments to the mailing list.
> Instead, you will have to craft a special email, and send the patch
> inline.
>
> There are two ways to send a patch. Either way is correct, and we
> suggest you get comfortable with sending patches both ways. We suggest
> sending your first patch to yourself, in order to make sure it works.
>
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