Making contributions to linux kernel upstream
自己上 patch 到 linux kernel mailing list 的筆記。 kernel 開發筆記 vim 設定 :set tabstop=8 softtabstop=8 shiftwidth=8 noexpandtab cindent cc=80 編譯 make defconfig && make -j $(nproc) 檢查 ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --patch 使用 sparse -> make C=1 LKML 上提交 patch Generate patch Generate patch git format-patch HEAD~ With versioning git format-patch -v3 HEAD^ Apply patch git am [patch filename] Setup email using gmail on Ubuntu sudo apt install git git-email Get an app password Edit ~/.gitconfig 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 [sendemail] smtpPass = ... smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com smtpuser = ...@gmail.com smtpencryption = tls smtpserverport = 587 [user] email = ...@gmail.com name = ... Try to send a patch using the git-send-email.io instructions Get the maintainer’s email to send to e.g. ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f include/linux/compiler.h Reply review emails 針對 gmail 的 email, 改成 plain text mode, 就可以正常使用 reply all 解決 References henrybear327 hackmd notes