On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 01:58:51PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:

> Still, I'll channel Greg for a minute and google "how to send a patch to
> the linux kernel".  I'd definitely believe people don't know how to get
> their employer to prioritize (allow?) sending the patches in, but I
> can't stretch to they don't know how to do it at all.

There is the gap before that where they know it's an option for "people
like them" at all, especially people who are more used to working on
proprietary or vendor systems where you just can't contribute back.