From e52d2e1f25f03edf7628fae219150d8dc5023081 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michel Machado Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 22:10:53 -0400 Subject: Documentation/SubmittingPatches: suggested the use of scripts/get_maintainer.pl Had I found a reference to scripts/get_maintainer.pl when I first read Documentation/SubmittingPatches, it would've saved me some time. Signed-off-by: Michel Machado Acked-by: Rob Landley Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches') diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 4468ce24427c..c379a2a6949f 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ be able to justify all violations that remain in your patch. Look through the MAINTAINERS file and the source code, and determine if your change applies to a specific subsystem of the kernel, with -an assigned maintainer. If so, e-mail that person. +an assigned maintainer. If so, e-mail that person. The script +scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step. If no maintainer is listed, or the maintainer does not respond, send your patch to the primary Linux kernel developer's mailing list, -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b