[U-Boot] how to create patches for mailing
Hebbar, Gururaja
gururaja.hebbar at ti.com
Thu Jan 24 09:25:28 CET 2013
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 13:51:30, Maxim Podbereznyy wrote:
> Hi Gururaja!
1st don’t top-most. It breaks the flow.
>
>
> Your instructions are exceptional! However I have a few questions:
>
> 1) why should I generate patches for 1st 3 patch, because I have only
> one?
That was just an example.
>
> 2) if there are 3 patches (only 1 is mine) + a cover which exactly
> <required-patches> should I send?
If you have one patch, then only 1 patch should be sent. Cover-letter
normally is for new feature addition/improvement which involves lots of
files & platforms.
Normal fix/correction doesn’t require a cover-letter.
>
>
> thanks!
>
>
>
> 2013/1/24 Hebbar, Gururaja <gururaja.hebbar at ti.com>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 13:10:56, Maxim Podbereznyy wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I want to add a new board support to u-boot. So I did the
> following:
> >
> > 1) git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git u-boot-dev
> > 2) modified existing files, added new
>
>
> Use "git commit" to commit your changes to tree
>
>
> > 3) built the tree for my board, beagle and overo - OK
> > 4) git format-patch - nothing happens
>
>
> git-format-patch -M --signoff --stat -p --raw -n -3
> --cover-letter
>
> -3 == generate patches for 1st 3 patch
> -n = use n/n style
> --cover-letter == Generate Cover letter (0/n patch)
>
>
>
> >
> > are there any step by step instructions how to create and
> submit patches to
> > u-boot mail-list?
>
>
> Use git-send-email to send patches
>
> git-send-email --to ' u-boot at lists.denx.de' --cc
> 'maintainers at email.id' --cc 'related_developer at email.id' --cc
> 'self_for_reference at email.id' --suppress-cc=all <required-patches>
>
> > Reading this
> > http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/U-Boot/Patchesdoes not give
> sufficient
>
> > comprehension how to do it..
> >
> > I appreciate any comments..
> >
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Gururaja
>
>
>
>
Regards,
Gururaja
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