From patchwork Wed Oct 26 23:19:36 2016 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Jonathan Corbet X-Patchwork-Id: 79557 Delivered-To: patch@linaro.org Received: by 10.140.97.247 with SMTP id m110csp330633qge; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:21:06 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.98.89.73 with SMTP id n70mr8461471pfb.82.1477524066343; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:21:06 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id q1si4947242pga.217.2016.10.26.16.21.06; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:21:06 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S941977AbcJZXUt (ORCPT + 27 others); Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:20:49 -0400 Received: from tex.lwn.net ([70.33.254.29]:33787 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935954AbcJZXUL (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:20:11 -0400 Received: from tpad.lwn.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by vena.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8D61540042; Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:20:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Jonathan Corbet To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jani Nikula , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH 08/11] docs: Tweak submitting-patches.rst formatting Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:19:36 -0600 Message-Id: <1477523979-5837-9-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1477523979-5837-1-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> References: <1477523979-5837-1-git-send-email-corbet@lwn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The main goal here was to get the subsections to show in the TOC as they do for all the other documents. Also call out the DCO in the section title since it's important. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4 Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index b4cf8f375184..3e10719fee35 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .. _submittingpatches: -How to Get Your Change Into the Linux Kernel or Care And Operation Of Your Linus Torvalds -========================================================================================= +Submitting patches: the essential guide to getting your code into the kernel +============================================================================ For a person or company who wishes to submit a change to the Linux kernel, the process can sometimes be daunting if you're not familiar @@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ of the mechanical work done for you, though you'll still need to prepare and document a sensible set of patches. In general, use of ``git`` will make your life as a kernel developer easier. -Creating and Sending your Change -******************************** - - 0) Obtain a current source tree ------------------------------- @@ -417,8 +413,8 @@ e-mail discussions. -11) Sign your work ------------------- +11) Sign your work — the Developer's Certificate of Origin +---------------------------------------------------------- To improve tracking of who did what, especially with patches that can percolate to their final resting place in the kernel through several @@ -803,8 +799,8 @@ command like this will do the trick:: git request-pull master git://my.public.tree/linux.git my-signed-tag -REFERENCES -********** +References +---------- Andrew Morton, "The perfect patch" (tpp).