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How to send patches to linux-next tree staging subsystem

1) Checkout the latest branch from below link 
     git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git

2)  Build the kernel using below commands
      make oldconfig && make prepare
       make scripts

3) Configure your git-send-email for gmail
 https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html 

 This is my .gitconfig file.Paste the below contents into your ~/.gitconfig file.
 Edit  name and email address,currently it is configured for gmail.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  [user]
        name = Surendra Patil
        email = surendra.tux@gmail.com
[sendemail]
        smtpserver = smtp.gmail.com
        smtpserverport = 587
        smtpencryption = tls
        smtpuser = surendra.tux@gmail.com
        smtpssl = true
[core]
        editor = vim
        whitespace = fix,-indent-with-non-tab,trailing-space,cr-at-eol

[color]
        ui = true
[color "branch"]
        current = yellow bold
        local = green bold
        remote = cyan bold
[color "diff"]
        meta = yellow bold
        frag = magenta bold
        old = red bold
        new = green bold
        whitespace = red reverse
[color "status"]
        added = green bold
        changed = yellow bold
        untracked = red bold
[github]
        user = suri1989
        token = token
[diff]
        tool = kdiff3
[merge]
        tool = kdiff3
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4) Make sure you watch the video by Greg GH on How to submit your first patch.He has explained all the basic commands and steps required to send patches with example.
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4
5) Frequently used git commands -
        git checkout
        git pull
        git diff
        git show
        git status
        git commit -as
        git format-patch
        git send-email 

6) check the patch ?  whom to send ?
         scripts/checkpatch.pl --file --terse your-patch //checks the patch
         scripts/get_maintainers your-patch     // gives the maintainers mail id's
  

Please do some research on Internet ,I may be missing some info :-)
Good Luck !!! Happy Hacking :-)
 
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