1The patches-* subdirectories contain the kernel patches applied for every 2OpenWrt target. All patches should be named 'NNN-lowercase_shortname.patch' 3and sorted into the following categories: 4 50xx - upstream backports 61xx - code awaiting upstream merge 72xx - kernel build / config / header patches 83xx - architecture specific patches 94xx - mtd related patches (subsystem and drivers) 105xx - filesystem related patches 116xx - generic network patches 127xx - network / phy driver patches 138xx - other drivers 149xx - uncategorized other patches 15 16ALL patches must be in a way that they are potentially upstreamable, meaning: 17 18- they must contain a proper subject 19- they must contain a proper commit message explaining what they change 20- they must contain a valid Signed-off-by line 21