FAQ - Submitting Patches

[Christopher Faylor]

On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 04:14:15PM +0100, Phil Lello wrote:
>I've made some changes to bfd code in line with the Microsoft PE/COFF (v8.0)
>docs.
>
>Should I submit CVS diff output to this list to get my changes
>approved/committed, or is there another procedure?
>
>My changes are:
>- Adding EFI_ROM and XBOX to the known types of Windows subsystems
>- Adding defines for PE Directory Entry types
>- Updating code to use defines as index into Directory Entry array.
>  (e.g. DataDirectory[0] is now DataDirectory[PE_EXPORT_TABLE]
> - Updating ChangeLogs with brief descriptions
>
>Thanks,

Just as a fish-teaching exercise, I have to ask:

Have you perused the archives for this mailing list?  I think they should
show how patches are submitted.

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/

The only thing that may not be obvious is that non-trivial patches will
require an assignment with the FSF.  You can send email to
copyright-clerk AT fsf PERIOD org to request one of those.

cgf