When submitting patches for the Linux kernel, you need to make sure your patch is in the proper format and goes to the proper person. The process of creating a patch and finding the correct person is described in the file Documentation/SubmittingPatches in the Linux kernel tree. Also make sure you have read the Documentation/CodingStyle file (and my article “Proper Linux Kernel Coding Style”, LJ, July 2002) to validate that you are using the proper kernel coding format.