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 This is greg k-h's patch tree

 It is currently used to maintain and develop the following subsystems:
 	- USB
 	- Driver core
 	- Kobjects
 	- misc things around the driver core and kobjects
 	- debugfs
 	- drivers/staging (i.e. the "crap" tree).

 This tree is a set of patches, in quilt format[1] that are to be applied
 to the latest kernel version.  For more information on how to use this
 set of patches, see the section USING below.

 This tree is being managed by Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
 Please contact him for any questions relating to the code contained
 within it, or any procedures relating to these patches.


 WHY NOT GIT?

 Well, it is using git, just a quilt tree using git :)

 It is easier for me to maintain patches in quilt and then use git to
 send patches to Linus for merging, than it is to keep everything in a
 single git tree with different branches.  This is because quilt allows
 me to add and remove patches within the middle of series, and other
 things that are very useful for this kind of development workflow.

 USING

 This tree is sucked into every linux-next release.  If you wish to use
 git, it is probably easier to base code off of the last linux-next tree
 and send me patches against that, than it might be to use this quilt
 tree.

 To use this tree, you should have git and quilt installed.  Another very
 useful tool is ketchup[2], which makes it simple to download the Linux
 kernel source of any version.  You are not required to use ketchup, but
 the series of steps below assume that you are using it.

 Clone the patches git tree:
   git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git

 Create a kernel directory to apply these patches to:
   mkdir linux
   cd linux
   ketchup `cat ../patches/version`

 Then push the tree of patches onto the created kernel tree:
   QUILT_PATCHES=../patches/ quilt push -a

 Now build and test the kernel as usual.

 It is easiest to create a new patch at the end of the tree if you wish
 for me to be able to accept it as a patch against a patch is difficult
 to merge, but an add-on patch is quite easy.


 [1] quilt can be found included in all Linux distros, and its home page
     is at http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt

 [2] ketchup can be found at http://www.selenic.com/ketchup/ and is also
     included in most Linux distros.
	This is greg k-h's patch tree

	It is currently used to maintain and develop the following subsystems:
	- USB
	- Driver core
	- Kobjects
	- misc things around the driver core and kobjects
	- debugfs
	- drivers/staging (i.e. the "crap" tree).

	This tree is a set of patches, in quilt format[1] that are to be applied
	to the latest kernel version. For more information on how to use this
	set of patches, see the section USING below.

	This tree is being managed by Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
	Please contact him for any questions relating to the code contained
	within it, or any procedures relating to these patches.


	WHY NOT GIT?

	Well, it is using git, just a quilt tree using git :)

	It is easier for me to maintain patches in quilt and then use git to
	send patches to Linus for merging, than it is to keep everything in a
	single git tree with different branches. This is because quilt allows
	me to add and remove patches within the middle of series, and other
	things that are very useful for this kind of development workflow.

	USING

	This tree is sucked into every linux-next release. If you wish to use
	git, it is probably easier to base code off of the last linux-next tree
	and send me patches against that, than it might be to use this quilt
	tree.

	To use this tree, you should have git and quilt installed. Another very
	useful tool is ketchup[2], which makes it simple to download the Linux
	kernel source of any version. You are not required to use ketchup, but
	the series of steps below assume that you are using it.

	Clone the patches git tree:
	git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/patches.git

	Create a kernel directory to apply these patches to:
	mkdir linux
	cd linux
	ketchup `cat ../patches/version`

	Then push the tree of patches onto the created kernel tree:
	QUILT_PATCHES=../patches/ quilt push -a

	Now build and test the kernel as usual.

	It is easiest to create a new patch at the end of the tree if you wish
	for me to be able to accept it as a patch against a patch is difficult
	to merge, but an add-on patch is quite easy.



	[1] quilt can be found included in all Linux distros, and its home page
	is at http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/quilt

	[2] ketchup can be found at http://www.selenic.com/ketchup/ and is also
	included in most Linux distros.