Re: Two Questions

[Greg KH]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 06:47:47PM -0500, Arun Sen wrote:
> Hi
> I am doing some research that deals with patches to the kernel.

What kind of research?  For what end result?

> Here are my questions:
> 
> [1]  I have obtained the patches for different versions of the kernel from a
> mirror website.

What web site?  What location?

> However, they do not tell me who are the authors of these
> patches and what are their addresses/emails.  How can I get this
> information?

Which patches do you have questions about?

> [2]  What is the actual process of approval of a patch that goes into the
> kernel?

Did you read the Documentation/SubmittingPatches file which documents
the process?

thanks,

greg k-h
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