From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755047Ab1FGOyj (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:54:39 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:31943 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754748Ab1FGOyi (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:54:38 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: References: <1307443181-22278-2-git-send-email-me@akshayjoshi.com> <1307443181-22278-6-git-send-email-me@akshayjoshi.com> <23758.1307453446@redhat.com> To: Akshay Joshi Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Jiri Slaby , Andrew Morton , Greg Kroah-Hartman , James Morris , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] Kernel: fix spaces with respect to the coding style in sys.c. Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:54:18 +0100 Message-ID: <26045.1307458458@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Akshay Joshi wrote: > I am very new to submitting patches to the kernel. Do I just modify the > patch file and add an Acked-by line to the patch notes or do I have to do > something else? If you've got a whole bunch of acks, then it may make sense to resubmit your patches with them included and a note in patch 0 saying that that's all that you've done. This is one of the downsides of this process - it doesn't cope so easily with additions of this type. David