Originally posted by microcode
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So far I did wrote one kernel patch to add a hardware specific quirk. Once I finished the patch, it took me days to figure out how to properly send it to LKML. The email has to be sent with "git send-email", by using an SMTP provider (like gmail). But at that time, gmail's SMTP was simply not working and not just for me... I had to register a new email address but in many free emails, SMTP can be enabled only after paying money... With the 4. email provider, I was able to send that damn email.

In my experience, two type of things exist in LKML world:
-things that are not explained at all
-things that way too much explained, like this: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...es.rst?id=HEAD
In short, it's quite hard for a newbie to get adjusted to that archaic LKML world. It is a great filter for lazy people. XD
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