Re: Fwd: Fwd: A problem about linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

Harry Wei
2011-02-03T02:54:47Z

On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 10:48:36AM +0800, harryxiyou wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
> Date: 2011/2/3
> Subject: Re: Fwd: A problem about linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> To: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 10:44:11AM +0800, Harry Wei wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 10:27:47AM +0800, harryxiyou wrote:
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
> > > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:53:52 -0800
> > > Subject: Re: A problem about linux/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> > > To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
> > > Cc: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
> > > akpm@linux-foundation.org
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 12:46:33PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 01:45:32 +0800 Harry Wei wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi us,
> > > > > I have seen linux-2.6.7/Documentation/SubmittingPatches but it
> hasn't described how to submit a translated document to kernel. I have also
> sent mail to <linux-kernel@zh-kernel.org>, however, there is no response.
> > > > > I have translated linux-2.6.37/Decumentation/SecurityBugs(no one
> translated it up to now). I'd like to send it to maintainers, then add it
> into kernel directories. However, I don't know how i can do it. Can anyone
> tell me howto do it? Thanks so much :)
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > AFAIK, Greg KH handles all of the translation merging.
> > > >
> > > > Right, Greg?
> > >
> > > Yes, please feel free to send me any translations in patch form and I
> > Patch form? There is no patch form for translation document in kernel
> > directories. Following is my translation document(for
> > linux-2.6.37/Documentation/SecurityBugs). I have translated
> > it(linux-2.6.37/Documentation/SecurityBugs) into Chinese.
>
> No, you need to send me a patch, as described in
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches that adds the file to the kernel source
> tree. That's the only way we can apply it, and is what I have done for
> all of the other translated files in the kernel.
Ok, no problem. I will do it. Thanks so much :)

Best Regards.
Harry Wei.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
>
>
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