From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933195Ab2EKSaV (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2012 14:30:21 -0400 Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:44620 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932622Ab2EKSaS (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2012 14:30:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 14:30:17 -0400 To: John Heim Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patch for speakup serial hardware synths Message-ID: <20120511183016.GA15149@fieldses.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) From: "J. Bruce Fields" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:36:54AM -0500, John Heim wrote: > A few weeks ago I asked about a problem with the speakup screen > reader code. It does not work with serial hardware speech > synthesizers. But I managed to get it working. How can I submit my > fix for integration into the kernel code. The patch file can be > downloaded here: > http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/downloads/patch-2012-03-06.patch See Documentation/SubmittingPatches. As a first approximation: - try to figure out who maintains that code (by looking in MAINTAINERS and/or looking at "git log path/to/file/you/modified" to see who touched it lately, and make sure they're cc'd on your mail. - generate the diff with "diff -up". - append the patch to your email so we can reply and quote it if necessary. - give a few more details about what was broken before and how this fixed it. --b. > > To install it you cd to the linux source directory and do this: > patch -i patch-2012-03-06.patch drivers/staging/speakup/serialio.c" > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/