Documentation/SubmittingPatches: suggested the use of scripts/get_maintainer.pl

Had I found a reference to scripts/get_maintainer.pl when I first read
Documentation/SubmittingPatches, it would've saved me some time.

Signed-off-by: Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br>
Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
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Michel Machado 2012-04-02 22:10:53 -04:00 committed by Jiri Kosina
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@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ be able to justify all violations that remain in your patch.
Look through the MAINTAINERS file and the source code, and determine Look through the MAINTAINERS file and the source code, and determine
if your change applies to a specific subsystem of the kernel, with if your change applies to a specific subsystem of the kernel, with
an assigned maintainer. If so, e-mail that person. an assigned maintainer. If so, e-mail that person. The script
scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step.
If no maintainer is listed, or the maintainer does not respond, send If no maintainer is listed, or the maintainer does not respond, send
your patch to the primary Linux kernel developer's mailing list, your patch to the primary Linux kernel developer's mailing list,