Re: [PATCH 1/9] Amiga SmartFileSystem

[Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 09:53:25AM +0300, Pavel Fedin wrote:
> diff -ruN linux-source-2.6.24.orig/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
> linux-source-2.6.24/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX

This patch is corrupted ;-(  From Documentation/email-clients.txt:

Gmail (Web GUI)

If you just have to use Gmail to send patches, it CAN be made to work.  It
requires a bit of external help, though.

The first problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces.  This will
totally break your patches.  To prevent this, you have to use a different
editor.  There is a firefox extension called "ViewSourceWith"
(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/394) which allows you to
edit any text box in the editor of your choice.  Configure it to launch
your favorite editor.  When you want to send a patch, use this technique.
Once you have crafted your messsage + patch, save and exit the editor,
which should reload the Gmail edit box.  GMAIL WILL PRESERVE THE TABS.
Hoorah.  Apparently you can cut-n-paste literal tabs, but Gmail will
convert those to spaces upon sending!

The second problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces on replies.  If
you reply to a patch, don't expect to be able to apply it as a patch.

The last problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a
non-ASCII character.  That includes things like European names.  Be
aware.

Gmail is not convenient for lkml patches, but CAN be made to work.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."