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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 9c3dfa7babf3..36f1dedc944c 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ can greatly increase the chances of your change being accepted. This document contains a large number of suggestions in a relatively terse format. For detailed information on how the kernel development process -works, see Documentation/development-process. Also, read -Documentation/SubmitChecklist for a list of items to check before +works, see :ref:`Documentation/development-process <development_process_main>`. +Also, read :ref:`Documentation/SubmitChecklist <submitchecklist>` +for a list of items to check before submitting code. If you are submitting a driver, also read -Documentation/SubmittingDrivers; for device tree binding patches, read +:ref:`Documentation/SubmittingDrivers <submittingdrivers>`; +for device tree binding patches, read Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt. Many of these steps describe the default behavior of the ``git`` version @@ -235,7 +237,9 @@ then only post say 15 or so at a time and wait for review and integration. --------------------------- Check your patch for basic style violations, details of which can be -found in Documentation/CodingStyle. Failure to do so simply wastes +found in +:ref:`Documentation/CodingStyle <codingstyle>`. +Failure to do so simply wastes the reviewers time and will get your patch rejected, probably without even being read. @@ -300,8 +304,9 @@ toward the stable maintainers by putting a line like this:: Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org into the sign-off area of your patch (note, NOT an email recipient). You -should also read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt in addition to this -file. +should also read +:ref:`Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt <stable_kernel_rules>` +in addition to this file. Note, however, that some subsystem maintainers want to come to their own conclusions on which patches should go to the stable trees. The networking @@ -358,8 +363,9 @@ decreasing the likelihood of your MIME-attached change being accepted. Exception: If your mailer is mangling patches then someone may ask you to re-send them using MIME. -See Documentation/email-clients.txt for hints about configuring -your e-mail client so that it sends your patches untouched. +See :ref:`Documentation/email-clients.txt <email_clients>` +for hints about configuring your e-mail client so that it sends your patches +untouched. 7) E-mail size -------------- @@ -823,7 +829,7 @@ NO!!!! No more huge patch bombs to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org people! <https://lkml.org/lkml/2005/7/11/336> Kernel Documentation/CodingStyle: - <Documentation/CodingStyle> + :ref:`Documentation/CodingStyle <codingstyle>` Linus Torvalds's mail on the canonical patch format: <http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/4/7/183> |