From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2A5AC433F5 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2022 23:29:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235113AbiCIXaa (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2022 18:30:30 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48940 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230296AbiCIXaa (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Mar 2022 18:30:30 -0500 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B794117C98; Wed, 9 Mar 2022 15:29:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:281:8300:104d::5f6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5350E2C3; Wed, 9 Mar 2022 23:29:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 5350E2C3 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1646868569; bh=k7gfBbkZAxC7X7iQ0/bDTYZDI/K/n7o0f6AKCNs7sdY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Amq62uC381WEh8sxLagJfXh0nhfY2eleAMfm4m76jdCQWJyJg8OmkX8f4LKR5gDSn aCN58cCvzJBIP41i61IfEyCMRn82USr9xzvOAk0qaBsdlq9VHyJsdvZYRyZ8HhhmPv +tTDwSBeKB+l7YfgfoidWtXOONZW+yQ4Leya3us3SeZ/t+j8FxlZmJYy80b/MP+oqn uudmtuIHek5947KTmPUX5zIbMpBHVG17tgVSUFTyf+LGnDwcLCrok0GpBMrZrKMYiB blnBlU+EeKBhUOdad2s++pLs2pyjWENXsaevwBQPIpZM7Q14z1G9KTLpPrpwDdy4Ho pniYzcwRiIgSg== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Bagas Sanjaya , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: Bagas Sanjaya , SeongJae Park , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: describe how to apply incremental stable patches In-Reply-To: <20220307063340.256671-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com> References: <20220307063340.256671-1-bagasdotme@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:29:28 -0700 Message-ID: <87mthy7lif.fsf@meer.lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Bagas Sanjaya writes: > The applying patches document > (Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst) mentions incremental stable > patches, but there is no example of how to apply them. Describe the > process. > > While at it, remove note about incremental patches and move the external > link of 5.x.y incremental patches to "Where can I download patches?" > section. > > Cc: Jonathan Corbet > Cc: SeongJae Park > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya > --- > Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst | 28 ++++++++++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) I've applied this, thanks. I do have to wonder, though, how useful this information is anymore. Does anybody actually apply kernel-patch files this far into the Git era? Thanks, jon