FYI, problem in CVS version

[Daniel Ann]

On 10/19/05, Daniel Ann <ktdann at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/19/05, Jörn Engel <joern at wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 October 2005 08:24:31 +0900, Daniel Ann wrote:
> > >
> > > I've downloaded CVS version yesterday and patched linux-2.6.12.3
> > > kernel but everytime I try to do make mrproper I get an error saying
> > > fs/jffs3/makefile.clean doesnt exist.
> > >
> > > I've noticed that patch didnt include any JFFS3 files since there
> > > werent any fs/jffs3 directory to start with, but fs/Makefile had line
> > > mentioning JFFS3. So, I've commented out and did make mrproper which
> > > worked.
> > >
> > > Just to let you know how I've patched the kernel, I've executed
> > > patchkernel.sh with following argument,
> > > ./patchkernel.sh -c -2 -3 -v /usr/src/linux-2.6.12.3
> >
> > Not adding the "-3" would have avoided your problem.  Jffs3 has been
> > removed for the most part, but it looks like fs/Makefile.jffs3 and
> > some bits inside patchkernel.sh have survived.  Would you mind sending
> > a patch to kill those bits as well?
>
> Yeah, you are right about fs/Makefile.jffs3 and few other bits such as
> Kconfig related files.
> I definately dont mind sending in a patch, but I'm not familiar with
> submitting a patch. Is there a guideline which I could follow if I
> ever had to submit one ?
>

Just been looking at how others have submitted patch, is it just a
diff against the mtd patched kernel file and file that I changed ?

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Daniel