On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Aaron.Chen �¿��� aaron.chen@siliconmotion.com wrote:
Hi Paul&Jerome,
Thank you very much for your guide. It's a great help for me.
But I still have a little problem with the patch thing. I'm not familiar with the git. 1.Shall I need to do the clone and get the source location and target directory first? 2.Where is the source location and target directory? 3.Our driver has pass the customer's test from kernel version 2.6.5 to 3.0.0, So what shall I do to submit a driver cover all these kernel version. 4.or just email you the source code and tell you the changes?
I'm looking forward your re-guide. Thank you so much.
Your best bet it to clone Linus' git tree and then apply your patches:
1. clone Linus' git tree: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 2. a) apply your first patch b) if you patch adds new files to the source tree, add them: git add path/to/files/file.c git add path/to/files/file.h etc. if the patch only modifies patches that are already in the tree, you do not need to add them. c) when the patch is applied commit it: git commit -a -s d) when you run the commit command you will be prompted to enter a commit message. The commit message has the following format:
subsystem: patch description
description of what the patch does.
Signed-off-by: Your name your_email@domain.com
E.g.,
fb: add initial code for video 5000 graphics
This adds the initial support for the video 5000 graphics adapter. It supports vga and lcd connectors.
Signed-off-by: Joe Developer joe.developer@example.com
e) repeat steps a-d for all of your patches 3. generate patches: git format-patch -n
where n is the number of patches you committed. E.g., if your driver consists of 5 patches: git format-patch -5
4. Send the patches to the list.
Alex
Regards Aaron
-----�ʼ�ԭ��----- ������: Paul Menzel [mailto:paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net] ����ʱ��: 2012��3��2�� 5:50 �ռ���: Jerome Glisse ����: Aaron.Chen �¿���; dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org ����: Re: [korg]help: How to submit a kernel driver on kernel.org.
Dear Aaron,
thank you for contacting the list. We are looking forward to your patches.
Am Donnerstag, den 01.03.2012, 14:05 -0500 schrieb Jerome Glisse:
On Thu, 2012-03-01 at 14:28 +0800, Aaron.Chen �¿��� wrote:
I��m from Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS:SIMO) Shanghai Office. We have developed a kernel driver for all our graphics chips. We really want to know the way to submit a kernel driver to kernel.org. I have received a document file which is on http://kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers, but I still cannot find out a place to where our drivers should be uploaded. The document say ��please submit it to the maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS in the kernel file.��So where can I find the maintainer and what to do next. Would you please help me. Thank you so much.
All you need to do is send the kernel patch to dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
So they can get reviewed. Once they are reviewed, and if they comply with the requirement, the DRM maintainer (aka Dave) will integrate your patch in his tree and at some point ask Linus to pull them.
There is no ftp, or http web submission, everything is done through public mailing list.
if you are familiar with Git you should send a patch formatted using `git format-patch -15`. Replace the 15 by the number of commits you need patches for.
You can take a look in the archive. drm/exynos and drm/omap are good examples �C I think �C on how to get new drivers submitted.
Thanks,
Paul
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