Re: [patch] 2.6.9-rc1-mm1: megaraid_mbox.c compile error with gcc 3.4

[Daniel Phillips]

Hi Andrew,

On Saturday 28 August 2004 16:04, Andrew Morton wrote:
> - Example Subject:
>
> 	[patch 2/5] ext2: improve scalability of bitmap searching
>
> - Note that various people's patch receiving scripts will strip away
>   Subject: text which is inside brackets [].  So you should place
>   information which has no long-term relevance to the patch inside brackets. 
>   This includes the word "patch" and any sequence numbering.  The subsystem
>   identifier ("ext2:") should hence be outside brackets.

One nit: if you do it this way then when people sort their mail by subject 
they end up with tossed subject salad, with your 2/5 sitting next to a whole 
bunch of other people's 2/5's.  So:

    [patch] ext2: improve scalability of bitmap searching [2/5]

Regards,

Daniel
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