Linux Headquarters
[ Register ]
[ About us ] [ Home Page ]

[ Kernel ] [ Documentation ] [ Links ] [ Books ]

Advertisement

Kernel v2.6.25 /Documentation/SubmitChecklist

Filename:/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
Lines Added:5
Lines Deleted:11
Also changed in: (Previous) 2.6.25-rc9  2.6.25-rc8  2.6.25-rc7  2.6.25-rc6  2.6.25-rc5  2.6.25-rc4 
(Following) 2.6.27-rc8-git7  2.6.27-rc8-git8  2.6.27-rc9  2.6.27  2.6.27-git7  2.6.27-git8 

Location
[  2.6.25
  [  Documentation
     o  SubmitChecklist

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index 34e06d2..da10e07 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ kernel patches.
 4: ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it
    tends to use `unsigned long' for 64-bit quantities.
 
-5: Matches kernel coding style(!)
+5: Check your patch for general style as detailed in
+   Documentation/CodingStyle.  Check for trivial violations with the
+   patch style checker prior to submission (scripts/checkpatch.pl).
+   You should be able to justify all violations that remain in
+   your patch.
 
 6: Any new or modified CONFIG options don't muck up the config menu.
 
@@ -79,13 +83,3 @@ kernel patches.
 23: Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
     that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various
     changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems.
-
-24: Avoid whitespace damage such as indenting with spaces or whitespace
-    at the end of lines.  You can test this by feeding the patch to
-    "git apply --check --whitespace=error-all"
-
-25: Check your patch for general style as detailed in
-    Documentation/CodingStyle.  Check for trivial violations with the
-    patch style checker prior to submission (scripts/checkpatch.pl).
-    You should be able to justify all violations that remain in
-    your patch.


Comments: webmaster (at) linuxhq.com.
Advertising: banners (at) linuxhq.com.
Compilation ©1998-2008 Linux Headquarters, Inc.