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That wouldn't be accepted as is, but those sound like tunables. They could be exposed as kernel parameters. May be worth submitting the patch as an RFC just to call attention to it.
thank you i will read up on how to submit this kind of stuff.
I followed your advice, Github my edit link_dpms.c, - Github my edit link_dp_training.c how do i submit as RFC. total noob with github lol.
Successful GitHub pulls are rare; more often, patches live like this. You're better off contacting the maintainer of the subsystem you're editing. See the official submission guide.
Not to be dejecting!
thank you and no dejection taken. you're actually very helpful :D
Ah, so the kernel actually uses mailing lists. You need to use the get maintainers Perl script to get the people you need to send the email TO and then send it to them with the dri-devel list CC'd.