Re: Small typo in kernel [current source from git] .config option

["Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@gmail.com>]

On 07/27/2010 09:35 AM, trapDoor wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Justin P. Mattock
> <justinmattock@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 07/27/2010 07:46 AM, trapDoor wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I've just got lucky and found this little typo under "Power management
>>> and ACPI options"  --->    "ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
>>> Interface) Support":
>>> hArdware Error Device
>>>
>>> Here is my fix:
>>> Hardware Error Device
>>> :)
>>>
>>> BTW, first time I've used nconfig instead of menuconfig. And I like it.
>>>
>>
>> probably should create a patch, and send it to trivial@kernel.org
>>
>> Justin P. Mattock
>>
>
> Sure, but I don't know which script generates that part of config and
> ... how to do the patch :| (Sorry, I'm not even a greenhorn on the
> programming field).
> Just cc-eding trivial@kernel.org for now ..
>

That's alright.. I'm still a newbie over here...

read Documentation/SubmittingPatches

there the instructions on how to create a perfect patch is there.
then when done make sure you use scripts/checkpatch to check you patch 
then when all good use scripts/getmaintainer.pl to find the appropriate 
people to send it too.

and voila you'll be sending patches to the kernel like there's no 
tomorrow...


Justin P. Mattock