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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-10-13 01:21:29 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-10-13 01:21:29 +0200
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Merge tag 'docs-5.10' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "As hoped, things calmed down for docs this cycle; fewer changes and almost no conflicts at all. This includes: - A reworked and expanded user-mode Linux document - Some simplifications and improvements for submitting-patches.rst - An emergency fix for (some) problems with Sphinx 3.x - Some welcome automarkup improvements to automatically generate cross-references to struct definitions and other documents - The usual collection of translation updates, typo fixes, etc" * tag 'docs-5.10' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (81 commits) gpiolib: Update indentation in driver.rst for code excerpts Documentation/admin-guide: tainted-kernels: Fix typo occured Documentation: better locations for sysfs-pci, sysfs-tagging docs: programming-languages: refresh blurb on clang support Documentation: kvm: fix a typo Documentation: Chinese translation of Documentation/arm64/amu.rst doc: zh_CN: index files in arm64 subdirectory mailmap: add entry for <mstarovoitov@marvell.com> doc: seq_file: clarify role of *pos in ->next() docs: trace: ring-buffer-design.rst: use the new SPDX tag Documentation: kernel-parameters: clarify "module." parameters Fix references to nommu-mmap.rst docs: rewrite admin-guide/sysctl/abi.rst docs: fb: Remove vesafb scrollback boot option docs: fb: Remove sstfb scrollback boot option docs: fb: Remove matroxfb scrollback boot option docs: fb: Remove framebuffer scrollback boot option docs: replace the old User Mode Linux HowTo with a new one Documentation/admin-guide: blockdev/ramdisk: remove use of "rdev" Documentation/admin-guide: README & svga: remove use of "rdev" ...
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@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ attachments, but then the attachments should have content-type
it makes quoting portions of the patch more difficult in the patch
review process.
+It's also strongly recommended that you use plain text in your email body,
+for patches and other emails alike. https://useplaintext.email may be useful
+for information on how to configure your preferred email client, as well as
+listing recommended email clients should you not already have a preference.
+
Email clients that are used for Linux kernel patches should send the
patch text untouched. For example, they should not modify or delete tabs
or spaces, even at the beginning or end of lines.