Having sent the kernel maintainers a patch adding support for hardware they don't have (in my case, it was a network card): they merge the code after just readi

Having sent the kernel maintainers a patch adding support for hardware they don't have (in my case, it was a network card): they merge the code after just reading over the code and checking it compiles. Keep in mind, however, that they usually have decades of experience in their particular area of the kernel, so they often can tell at a glance when you're doing something wrong or unusual.