Russell King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:48:00AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> What are the options normally used to generate a diff for public >> consumption on this list? > > diff -urpN orig new > > where "orig" and "new" both contain the top level "linux" directory, > so the resulting patch can be applied with patch -p1. This seems to be a common mistake. Signed-Off-By: Bodo Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- linux-2.6.11/Documentation/SubmittingPatches.ori 2005-03-05 21:29:26.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.11/Documentation/SubmittingPatches 2005-03-05 21:38:40.000000000 +0100 @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SECTION 1 - CREATING AND SENDING YOUR CH ------------ Use "diff -up" or "diff -uprN" to create patches. +The resulting patch must apply with -p1 from within the linux directory. All changes to the Linux kernel occur in the form of patches, as generated by diff(1). When creating your patch, make sure to create it - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
