From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:15:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mother.pmc-sierra.com ([216.241.224.12]:50416 "HELO mother.pmc-sierra.bc.ca") by ftp.linux-mips.org with SMTP id S20039014AbXBWTPt (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:15:49 +0000 Received: (qmail 23405 invoked by uid 101); 23 Feb 2007 19:14:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pmxedge1.pmc-sierra.bc.ca) (216.241.226.183) by mother.pmc-sierra.com with SMTP; 23 Feb 2007 19:14:33 -0000 Received: from bby1exi01.pmc_nt.nt.pmc-sierra.bc.ca (bby1exi01.pmc-sierra.bc.ca [216.241.231.251]) by pmxedge1.pmc-sierra.bc.ca (8.13.4/8.12.7) with ESMTP id l1NJE8ql024782; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:14:31 -0800 Received: by bby1exi01.pmc-sierra.bc.ca with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) id ; Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:14:08 -0800 Message-ID: <45DF3CF3.9070904@pmc-sierra.com> From: Marc St-Jean To: Yoichi Yuasa Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Questions on the procedure/policy for patch submission Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:13:55 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72) x-originalarrivaltime: 23 Feb 2007 19:13:56.0442 (UTC) FILETIME=[C3B763A0:01C7577E] user-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061206) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 14220 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: Marc_St-Jean@pmc-sierra.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips Yoichi Yuasa wrote: > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:05:21 -0800 > Marc St-Jean wrote: > > > 1a. Do patches living completely in arch/mips and include/asm-mips > only have to be submitted to the l-m.o? > > You can see the general rules Documentation/SubmittingPatches in kernel > source. I have read, neither it or the FAQ cover per-architectural issues. > You should submit MIPS part to linux-mips mailing list. > > > 1b. If so, does this imply that l-m.o will push them to kernel.org? > > Yes. Thanks for verifying. > > 2a. Do patches which are outside the above directories have the be > submitted to the kernel.org list? > > You will be able to find a suitable mailing list in MAINTAINERS in > kernel source. > > > 2b. If so, how are dependencies between the two sets of submission > handled during the review process? > > If they have dependency, you should add linux-mips mailing list to Cc:. I intend to but this wont help the folks on the kernel.org list who won't see the MIPS specific parts. Marc