From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 14:49:30 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Guenter Roeck Cc: Li Zefan , stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [kernel.org PATCH] Li Zefan is now the 3.4 stable maintainer Message-ID: <20140905214930.GD30221@kroah.com> References: <20140826230858.GA29970@kroah.com> <20140827045938.GA28282@roeck-us.net> <540813A5.7020704@huawei.com> <20140904183953.GA28599@roeck-us.net> <54096C8D.8000008@huawei.com> <5409C19C.4030901@roeck-us.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5409C19C.4030901@roeck-us.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 06:58:52AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 09/05/2014 12:55 AM, Li Zefan wrote: > >>>>Li, > >>>> > >>>>it would be great if you can send me information about your -stable queue, > >>>>ie how you maintain it and where it is located. This will enable me to > >>>>continue testing the stable queue for the 3.4 kernel. > >>>> > >>> > >>>Thanks for testing LTS kernels! > >>> > >>>This is my 3.4.y git tree: > >>> > >>>https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/lizf/linux-3.4.y.git/ > >>> > >>>And this is the patch queue: > >>> > >>>https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/lizf/linux-3.4.y-queue.git/ > >>> > >>>I use quilt. When I've added some patches to 3.4.y, I'll update this > >>>queue. The patches and series file are under /patches. Currently there's > >>>already a patch in the queue. > >>> > >>>When I release a new version, I'll clean up the queue by removing all > >>>the files under /patches. > >>> > >>>Hope this is all the information you need. Please tell me if you need > >>>me to slightly adjust my workflow so it's easier for you. > >> > >>It almost works. > >> > >>Problem is that the pending patch got converted to use instead of > >>just as common in Linux. When I try to apply it with "git quiltimport", > >>it bails out with "trailing whitespace" errors. "git am" with the individual > >>patch works fine for some reason, though. > >> > >>I can try to find a workaround, but it would be better to have the file in > >>linux file format to start with. Would that be possible ? > >> > > > >Yeah, I've fixed it. I'll run dos2unix for every patch file. > > > > Yes, it now works. Wonder how it comes that the patch in Greg's patch tree > didn't have the problem. Any idea ? What patch in my tree has dos line endings? None should... thanks, greg k-h