Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:54:30 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [BK] TUN/TAP driver update and fixes for 2.6.BK |
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Max Krasnyansky wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Non-technical comments: >> >> 1) Please send drivers/net patches to me and netdev@oss.sgi.com > > Ok > >> 2) Consider using the bk-make-sum script (in Documentation/BK-usage/) >> to generate your summary. This will add a "bk pull " prefix to your >> BK url particularly, making it even easier to cut-n-paste. > > I do use bk-make-sum. A bit hacked version though which does not add > 'bk pull' prefix. I'll put it back in if it's useful for folks. > >> 3) Please include a patch in your submission so that list readers may >> review your changes, not just the BK users. > > Anybody can go to bkbits.net and review them. I'd rather not send > patches along with BK stuff, unless that's a new rule or something :).
It's not a new rule, it's an old rule :) Changes need exposure and review _before_ they get merged and hit the kernel. This is part of how Linux has always worked.
It's trivial to generate such a patch and include it in your email, using the gcapatch script in Documentation/BK-usage/
Jeff
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