How to send the [PATCH 0/x] kind of emails?

[Mandeep Sandhu]

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 09:18:54AM -0800, Mandeep Sandhu wrote:
>> >
>> > Have you asked the original author about this?  There has to be some
>> > reason the patch was not accepted, right?  Try asking them what happened
>>
>> No, because the email address recorded in the patch is no longer valid.
>
> If that's the case, then I can't accept an invalid "From:" line on a
> patch, sorry.  I need an address of someone that will be responsible for
> it.

Got it. Although I think Eric might be active on LKML, albeit with a
different address. I'm hoping he'll pitch in once I submit the patch
with your suggestions.

Thanks again,
-mandeep


>
> So in that case, put your address as a "From:" and in the body say,
> "Originally written by .... but forward ported by me" or something to
> that affect.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h