linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] arm:extend the reserved memory for initrd to be page aligned

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Message-ID: <15815.1412018518@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:21:58 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	"Wang, Yalin" <Yalin.Wang@...ymobile.com>
Cc:	"'Catalin Marinas'" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org'" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"'linux-mm@...ck.org'" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"'linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
	'Uwe Kleine-König' 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	DL-WW-ContributionOfficers-Linux 
	<DL-WW-ContributionOfficers-Linux@...ymobile.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] arm:extend the reserved memory for initrd to be page aligned

On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:40:54 +0800, "Wang, Yalin" said:

> I am really confused,
> I read this web:
> http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/info.php
> it said use diff -urN to generate patch like this:
>
> diff -Nru linux.orig/lib/string.c linux/lib/string.c
>
> but I see other developers use git format-patch to generate patch and
> submit to the patch system.
> Git format-patch format can also be accepted by the patch system correctly ?
> If yes, I think this web should update,
> Use git format-patch to generate patch is more convenient than use diff -urN

'diff -urN' has the advantage that it will work against a tree extracted
from a release tarball, and doesn't have a requirement that you have git
installed.  Having said that, somebody who has access to the website probably
should update it to mention that both methods are acceptable....


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