From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751362AbaLCBbL (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2014 20:31:11 -0500 Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:42021 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750831AbaLCBbH (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2014 20:31:07 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: FNkpb/UeLYBMzHE3Zm7K+VU+gRmS+D2t8z45Gaptwynj 1417570266 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 17:31:05 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Paul H Cc: Paul H , Belisko Marek , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: ft1000: fix spaces around comparisons in ft1000_debug.c Message-ID: <20141203013105.GA21642@kroah.com> References: <1417533075-687-1-git-send-email-paul@mybb.com> <20141203004852.GA15236@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 07:10:41PM -0600, Paul H wrote: > A tutorial I read suggested using a different branch for applying the > patches; I named it "fix-spaces". It would appear it is mistaken > then? You have to make your patch against the linux-next tree, not Linus's tree, so as to not duplicate other people's work that has already been accepted. You can name your branch whatever you want to, that doesn't matter :) greg k-h