HI Abraham On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Abraham Arce <[email protected]> wrote: > Victor, > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Victor Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote: >> One simple question I have tried to use the checkpatch.pl like >> >> $ ./checkpatch.p patch1.patch >> >> but it doesn't work it shows >> >> Must be run from the top-level dir. of a kernel tree >> >> Any idea of what I am doing wrong >> > > This line comes from > > if (!defined $root) { > print "Must be run from the top-level dir. of a kernel tree\n"; > exit(2); > } > > so use it from the top level directory as requested > > scripts/checkpath.pl /path/to/your/patch > > Best Regards > Abraham >
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