Re: Patch Question.

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:01:31 -0600 Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	I have a couple of questions about sending patches. I did read the
> SubmittingPatches Doc but don't recall this.
> 
> Can anyone send a patch to LKML to be applied?

Anyone can send a patch.  Whether it gets applied depends on
several factors.

> How long does it normally take for a patch to be merged?

Depends on who you ask to merge it.  Andrew put patches into
the -mm patchset within minutes sometimes, depending on how
busy he is, what else he is doing, etc.

But it varies quite a bit by driver or subsystem maintainer.

> If a patch is not merged and I get no Replys, what should one do?

Send it to the correct maintainer (driver or subsystem usually).
If you can't find a correct maintainer, then send it to Andrew
(akpm@xxxxxxxx).  Maybe put "[RFC]" in the Subject: line to
get (more) comments on it.

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~Randy
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