ABOUT creating a linux kernel patch using Git<\/u>
\n[bash]
\ngit clone git:\/\/git.kernel.org\/pub\/scm\/linux\/kernel\/git\/torvalds\/linux-2.6.git
\nInitialized empty Git repository in \/home\/jeffrin\/linux-2.6\/.git\/
\nremote: Counting objects: 1806930, done.
\nremote: Compressing objects: 100% (278260\/278260), done.
\nReceiving objects: 14% (2553100\/1806930), 117.83 MiB | 127 KiB\/s
\nResolving deltas: 100% (1513210\/1513210), done.<\/p>\n
$cd linux-2.6
\n$.\/scripts\/ge
\ngenksyms\/ get_maintainer.pl<\/p>\n
$.\/scripts\/get_maintainer.pl –file sound\/ac97_bus.c
\nJaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
\nTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
\nalsa-devel@alsa-project.org
\nlinux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
\n$<\/p>\n
[\/bash]<\/p>\n
[bash]<\/p>\n
$ git status
\n# On branch master
\nnothing to commit (working directory clean)
\n$ git branch jeffrin
\n$ git branch
\n jeffrin
\n* master
\n$ git checkout jeffrin
\nSwitched to branch ‘jeffrin’
\n$
\n$git status
\n# On branch jeffrin
\nnothing to commit (working directory clean)
\n$
\n$.\/scripts\/checkpatch.pl
\ncheckpatch.pl: no input files
\n$.\/scripts\/checkpatch.pl –file –terse sound\/ac97_bus.c
\nsound\/ac97_bus.c:22: WARNING: line over 80 characters
\nsound\/ac97_bus.c:75: WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately
\nfollow its function\/variable
\ntotal: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 77 lines checked
\n[\/bash]
\n[bash]
\n$vim sound\/ac97_bus.c +22
\n$.\/scripts\/checkpatch.pl –file –terse sound\/ac97_bus.c
\nsound\/ac97_bus.c:22: ERROR: trailing whitespace
\nsound\/ac97_bus.c:75: WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately
\nfollow its function\/variable
\ntotal: 1 errors, 1 warnings, 77 lines checked
\n$vim sound\/ac97_bus.c +22
\n$.\/scripts\/checkpatch.pl –file –terse sound\/ac97_bus.c
\nsound\/ac97_bus.c:75: WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately
\nfollow its function\/variable
\ntotal: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 77 lines checked
\n$vim sound\/ac97_bus.c +75
\n[\/bash]
\n[bash]
\n$git status
\n# On branch jeffrin
\n# Changed but not updated:
\n# (use "git add …" to update what will be committed)
\n# (use "git checkout — …" to discard changes in working directory)
\n#
\n#\tmodified: sound\/ac97_bus.c
\n#
\nno changes added to commit (use "git add" and\/or "git commit -a")
\n$git diff
\ndiff –git a\/sound\/ac97_bus.c b\/sound\/ac97_bus.c
\nindex a351dd0..c93251a 100644
\n— a\/sound\/ac97_bus.c
\n+++ b\/sound\/ac97_bus.c
\n@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@<\/p>\n
\/*
\n * Let drivers decide whether they want to support given codec from their
\n– * probe method. Drivers have direct access to the struct snd_ac97 structure and may
\n– * decide based on the id field amongst other things.
\n– *\/
\n+ * probe method. Drivers have direct access to the struct snd_ac97
\n+ * structure and may decide based on the id field amongst other things.
\n+*\/
\n static int ac97_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
\n {
\n return 1;
\n$
\n[\/bash]<\/p>\n
[bash]<\/p>\n
$git commit sound\/ac97_bus.c
\n[jeffrin a2c2867] sound: Fixed line limit issue in sound\/ac97_bus.c
\nThis is a patch to the sound\/ac97_bus.c file that fixes up a 80
\ncharacter line limit issue found by the checkpatch.pl tool.
\nSigned-off-by: Jeffrin Jose
\n 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
\n$git show HEAD
\ncommit a2c2867876c246420a199a0fb4c36ad29100a42cc
\nAuthor: Jeffrin Jose
\nDate: Mon Dec 6 19:27:53 2010 +0530<\/p>\n
sound: Fixed line limit issue in sound\/ac97_bus.c
\n This is a patch to the sound\/ac97_bus.c file that fixes up a 80 character
\n line limit issue found by the checkpatch.pl tool.
\n Signed-off-by: Jeffrin Jose<\/p>\n
diff –git a\/sound\/ac97_bus.c b\/sound\/ac97_bus.c
\nindex a351dd0..c93251a 100644
\n— a\/sound\/ac97_bus.c
\n+++ b\/sound\/ac97_bus.c
\n@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@<\/p>\n
\/*
\n * Let drivers decide whether they want to support given codec from their
\n– * probe method. Drivers have direct access to the struct snd_ac97 structure and may
\n– * decide based on the id field amongst other things.
\n– *\/
\n+ * probe method. Drivers have direct access to the struct snd_ac97
\n+ * structure and may decide based on the id field amongst other things.
\n+*\/
\n static int ac97_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
\n {
\n return 1;
\n[\/bash]
\n[bash]
\n$git format-patch master..jeffrin
\n0001-sound-Fixed-line-limit-issue-in-sound-ac97_bus.c.patch
\n[\/bash]
\n[bash]
\n$.\/scripts\/checkpatch.pl 0001-sound-Fixed-line-limit-issue-in-sound-ac97_bus.c.patch
\ntotal: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 12 lines checked<\/p>\n
0001-sound-Fixed-line-limit-issue-in-sound-ac97_bus.c.patch has no obvious style
\nproblems and is ready for submission.
\n$
\n[\/bash]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ABOUT creating a linux kernel patch using Git [bash] git clone git:\/\/git.kernel.org\/pub\/scm\/linux\/kernel\/git\/torvalds\/linux-2.6.git Initialized empty Git repository in \/home\/jeffrin\/linux-2.6\/.git\/ remote: Counting objects: 1806930, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (278260\/278260), done. Receiving objects: 14% (2553100\/1806930), 117.83 MiB | 127 KiB\/s Resolving deltas: 100% (1513210\/1513210), done. $cd linux-2.6 $.\/scripts\/ge genksyms\/ get_maintainer.pl $.\/scripts\/get_maintainer.pl –file sound\/ac97_bus.c Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz> Takashi … <\/p>\n