Documentation: prune redundant SubmitChecklist items

Kernel style is mentioned twice, and the git apply trick is a bit redundant
given the checkpatch.pl recommendation (which also checks for bad
whitespace).

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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J. Bruce Fields 2008-02-13 15:03:20 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 064d9efe94
commit df24d9a6a9

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@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ kernel patches.
4: ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it 4: ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it
tends to use `unsigned long' for 64-bit quantities. tends to use `unsigned long' for 64-bit quantities.
5: Matches kernel coding style(!) 5: Check your patch for general style as detailed in
Documentation/CodingStyle. Check for trivial violations with the
patch style checker prior to submission (scripts/checkpatch.pl).
You should be able to justify all violations that remain in
your patch.
6: Any new or modified CONFIG options don't muck up the config menu. 6: Any new or modified CONFIG options don't muck up the config menu.
@ -79,13 +83,3 @@ kernel patches.
23: Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure 23: Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various
changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems. changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems.
24: Avoid whitespace damage such as indenting with spaces or whitespace
at the end of lines. You can test this by feeding the patch to
"git apply --check --whitespace=error-all"
25: Check your patch for general style as detailed in
Documentation/CodingStyle. Check for trivial violations with the
patch style checker prior to submission (scripts/checkpatch.pl).
You should be able to justify all violations that remain in
your patch.