From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030210AbVIVEcW (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:32:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030211AbVIVEcW (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:32:22 -0400 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:44517 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030210AbVIVEcW (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:32:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:32:19 -0700 From: "Randy.Dunlap" To: abonilla@linuxwireless.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Patch Question. Message-Id: <20050921213219.090d63c5.rdunlap@xenotime.net> In-Reply-To: <1127358091.5644.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1127358091.5644.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Organization: YPO4 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:01:31 -0600 Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote: > Hi, > > I have a couple of questions about sending patches. I did read the > SubmittingPatches Doc but don't recall this. > > Can anyone send a patch to LKML to be applied? Anyone can send a patch. Whether it gets applied depends on several factors. > How long does it normally take for a patch to be merged? Depends on who you ask to merge it. Andrew put patches into the -mm patchset within minutes sometimes, depending on how busy he is, what else he is doing, etc. But it varies quite a bit by driver or subsystem maintainer. > If a patch is not merged and I get no Replys, what should one do? Send it to the correct maintainer (driver or subsystem usually). If you can't find a correct maintainer, then send it to Andrew (akpm@osdl.org). Maybe put "[RFC]" in the Subject: line to get (more) comments on it. --- ~Randy You can't do anything without having to do something else first. -- Belefant's Law