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Date:      Tue, 22 Jan 2002 01:36:44 -0600
From:      "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012117005.103a1a@mired.org>
To:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What do I do with changes to a kernel module ?
Message-ID:  <15437.5772.965984.619017@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <91790610@toto.iv>

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Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> types:
> I have put some code into the USB Scanner modules source code to
> add support for Epson 640 USB Scanners.
> What do I do with it now to get it put in the distribution ?
> 
> It's in 4.5 RC.
> 
> Tough one that, all 6 lines of it :)

Do a "diff -u" with the sources, and submit a PR with a subject that
starts "[PATCH]". That in the subject line will clue in committers
that you have included a patch to fix the problem, so they don't have
to do anything but test your code and commit it. Oh, yeah - if you
haven't followed style(9), read it and do so before submitting the PR.

And yes, having become one of Anthony's "few, isolated cases" you get
to call yourself a kernel hacker (jg) now. You don't have to be able
to debug device drivers just by looking at the code. That is a truly
rare talent, as most of us require a working sample device to do that.

	<mike
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