Re: [kernel.org PATCH] Li Zefan is now the 3.4 stable maintainer

[Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>]

On 2014/9/5 21:58, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 09/05/2014 12:55 AM, Li Zefan wrote:
>>>>> Li,
>>>>>
>>>>> it would be great if you can send me information about your -stable queue,
>>>>> ie how you maintain it and where it is located. This will enable me to
>>>>> continue testing the stable queue for the 3.4 kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for testing LTS kernels!
>>>>
>>>> This is my 3.4.y git tree:
>>>>
>>>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/lizf/linux-3.4.y.git/
>>>>
>>>> And this is the patch queue:
>>>>
>>>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/lizf/linux-3.4.y-queue.git/
>>>>
>>>> I use quilt. When I've added some patches to 3.4.y, I'll update this
>>>> queue. The patches and series file are under /patches. Currently there's
>>>> already a patch in the queue.
>>>>
>>>> When I release a new version, I'll clean up the queue by removing all
>>>> the files under /patches.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this is all the information you need. Please tell me if you need
>>>> me to slightly adjust my workflow so it's easier for you.
>>>
>>> It almost works.
>>>
>>> Problem is that the pending patch got converted to use <cr><lf> instead of
>>> just <lf> as common in Linux. When I try to apply it with "git quiltimport",
>>> it bails out with "trailing whitespace" errors. "git am" with the individual
>>> patch works fine for some reason, though.
>>>
>>> I can try to find a workaround, but it would be better to have the file in
>>> linux file format to start with. Would that be possible ?
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, I've fixed it. I'll run dos2unix for every patch file.
>>
> 
> Yes, it now works. Wonder how it comes that the patch in Greg's patch tree
> didn't have the problem. Any idea ?
> 

I saved the patch from my email client, and turned out the lines ended
with CRLF.