diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index dc3957c..1832ebd 100644
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
 
 in one of your commits, the series will be sent there.
 
+In Linux this will also call get_maintainer.pl on each of your
+patches automatically.
+
 
 How to use this tool
 ====================
@@ -65,8 +68,12 @@
 How to configure it
 ===================
 
+For most cases of using patman for U-Boot developement patman will
+locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in your U-Boot directory.
+This contains most of the aliases you will need.
+
-For most cases patman will locate and use the file 'doc/git-mailrc' in
-your U-Boot directory. This contains most of the aliases you will need.
+For Linux the 'scripts/get_maintainer.pl' handles figuring out where
+to send patches pretty well.
 
 During the first run patman creates a config file for you by taking the default
 user name and email address from the global .gitconfig file.
@@ -90,6 +97,35 @@
 The checkpatch.pl in the U-Boot tools/ subdirectory will be located and
 used. Failing that you can put it into your path or ~/bin/checkpatch.pl
 
+
+If you want to change the defaults for patman's command-line arguments,
+you can add a [settings] section to your .patman file.  This can be used
+for any command line option by referring to the "dest" for the option in
+patman.py.  For reference, the useful ones (at the moment) shown below
+(all with the non-default setting):
+
+>>>
+
+[settings]
+ignore_errors: True
+process_tags: False
+verbose: True
+
+<<<
+
+
+If you want to adjust settings (or aliases) that affect just a single
+project you can add a section that looks like [project_settings] or
+[project_alias].  If you want to use tags for your linux work, you could
+do:
+
+>>>
+
+[linux_settings]
+process_tags: True
+
+<<<
+
 
 How to run it
 =============
@@ -226,6 +262,9 @@
 will create a patch which is copied to x86, arm, sandbox, mikef, ag and
 afleming.
 
+If you have a cover letter it will get sent to the union of the CC lists of
+all of the other patches.
+
 
 Example Work Flow
 =================
diff --git a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
index d831087..d3a0477 100644
--- a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
+++ b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@
 import gitutil
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import terminal
 
 def FindCheckPatch():
+    top_level = gitutil.GetTopLevel()
     try_list = [
         os.getcwd(),
         os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '..', '..'),
-        os.path.join(gitutil.GetTopLevel(), 'tools'),
+        os.path.join(top_level, 'tools'),
+        os.path.join(top_level, 'scripts'),
         '%s/bin' % os.getenv('HOME'),
         ]
     # Look in current dir
@@ -45,8 +48,10 @@
         if os.path.isfile(fname):
             return fname
         path = os.path.dirname(path)
-    print 'Could not find checkpatch.pl'
-    return None
+
+    print >> sys.stderr, ('Cannot find checkpatch.pl - please put it in your ' +
+                '~/bin directory or use --no-check')
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 def CheckPatch(fname, verbose=False):
     """Run checkpatch.pl on a file.
@@ -65,9 +70,6 @@
     error_count, warning_count, lines = 0, 0, 0
     problems = []
     chk = FindCheckPatch()
-    if not chk:
-        raise OSError, ('Cannot find checkpatch.pl - please put it in your ' +
-                '~/bin directory')
     item = {}
     stdout = command.Output(chk, '--no-tree', fname)
     #pipe = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
diff --git a/tools/patman/get_maintainer.py b/tools/patman/get_maintainer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb11373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/get_maintainer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import command
+import gitutil
+import os
+
+def FindGetMaintainer():
+    """Look for the get_maintainer.pl script.
+
+    Returns:
+        If the script is found we'll return a path to it; else None.
+    """
+    try_list = [
+        os.path.join(gitutil.GetTopLevel(), 'scripts'),
+        ]
+    # Look in the list
+    for path in try_list:
+        fname = os.path.join(path, 'get_maintainer.pl')
+        if os.path.isfile(fname):
+            return fname
+
+    return None
+
+def GetMaintainer(fname, verbose=False):
+    """Run get_maintainer.pl on a file if we find it.
+
+    We look for get_maintainer.pl in the 'scripts' directory at the top of
+    git.  If we find it we'll run it.  If we don't find get_maintainer.pl
+    then we fail silently.
+
+    Args:
+        fname: Path to the patch file to run get_maintainer.pl on.
+
+    Returns:
+        A list of email addresses to CC to.
+    """
+    get_maintainer = FindGetMaintainer()
+    if not get_maintainer:
+        if verbose:
+            print "WARNING: Couldn't find get_maintainer.pl"
+        return []
+
+    stdout = command.Output(get_maintainer, '--norolestats', fname)
+    return stdout.splitlines()
diff --git a/tools/patman/gitutil.py b/tools/patman/gitutil.py
index 72d37a0..ca3ba4a 100644
--- a/tools/patman/gitutil.py
+++ b/tools/patman/gitutil.py
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@
     Returns:
         Git command that was/would be run
 
+    # For the duration of this doctest pretend that we ran patman with ./patman
+    >>> _old_argv0 = sys.argv[0]
+    >>> sys.argv[0] = './patman'
+
     >>> alias = {}
     >>> alias['fred'] = ['f.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
     >>> alias['john'] = ['j.bloggs@napier.co.nz']
@@ -244,6 +248,9 @@
     'git send-email --annotate --to "f.bloggs@napier.co.nz" --cc \
 "f.bloggs@napier.co.nz" --cc "j.bloggs@napier.co.nz" --cc \
 "m.poppins@cloud.net" --cc-cmd "./patman --cc-cmd cc-fname" cover p1 p2'
+
+    # Restore argv[0] since we clobbered it.
+    >>> sys.argv[0] = _old_argv0
     """
     to = BuildEmailList(series.get('to'), '--to', alias)
     if not to:
@@ -340,8 +347,8 @@
 
     This test makes sure that we are running tests in the right subdir
 
-    >>> os.path.realpath(os.getcwd()) == \
-            os.path.join(GetTopLevel(), 'tools', 'scripts', 'patman')
+    >>> os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) == \
+            os.path.join(GetTopLevel(), 'tools', 'patman')
     True
     """
     return command.OutputOneLine('git', 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel')
@@ -377,8 +384,6 @@
 
 def Setup():
     """Set up git utils, by reading the alias files."""
-    settings.Setup('')
-
     # Check for a git alias file also
     alias_fname = GetAliasFile()
     if alias_fname:
diff --git a/tools/patman/patman.py b/tools/patman/patman.py
index cfe06d0..e049081 100755
--- a/tools/patman/patman.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patman.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 import command
 import gitutil
 import patchstream
+import project
+import settings
 import terminal
 import test
 
@@ -48,6 +50,9 @@
        help='Send patches email even if patch errors are found')
 parser.add_option('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true', dest='dry_run',
        default=False, help="Do a try run (create but don't email patches)")
+parser.add_option('-p', '--project', default=project.DetectProject(),
+                  help="Project name; affects default option values and "
+                  "aliases [default: %default]")
 parser.add_option('-s', '--start', dest='start', type='int',
        default=0, help='Commit to start creating patches from (0 = HEAD)')
 parser.add_option('-t', '--test', action='store_true', dest='test',
@@ -56,6 +61,9 @@
        default=False, help='Verbose output of errors and warnings')
 parser.add_option('--cc-cmd', dest='cc_cmd', type='string', action='store',
        default=None, help='Output cc list for patch file (used by git)')
+parser.add_option('--no-check', action='store_false', dest='check_patch',
+                  default=True,
+                  help="Don't check for patch compliance")
 parser.add_option('--no-tags', action='store_false', dest='process_tags',
                   default=True, help="Don't process subject tags as aliaes")
 
@@ -64,6 +72,11 @@
 Create patches from commits in a branch, check them and email them as
 specified by tags you place in the commits. Use -n to """
 
+
+# Parse options twice: first to get the project and second to handle
+# defaults properly (which depends on project).
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+settings.Setup(parser, options.project, '')
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
 # Run our meagre tests
@@ -75,8 +88,9 @@
     result = unittest.TestResult()
     suite.run(result)
 
-    suite = doctest.DocTestSuite('gitutil')
-    suite.run(result)
+    for module in ['gitutil', 'settings']:
+        suite = doctest.DocTestSuite(module)
+        suite.run(result)
 
     # TODO: Surely we can just 'print' result?
     print result
@@ -135,19 +149,24 @@
     series.DoChecks()
 
     # Check the patches, and run them through 'git am' just to be sure
-    ok = checkpatch.CheckPatches(options.verbose, args)
+    if options.check_patch:
+        ok = checkpatch.CheckPatches(options.verbose, args)
+    else:
+        ok = True
     if not gitutil.ApplyPatches(options.verbose, args,
             options.count + options.start):
         ok = False
 
+    cc_file = series.MakeCcFile(options.process_tags, cover_fname)
+
     # Email the patches out (giving the user time to check / cancel)
     cmd = ''
     if ok or options.ignore_errors:
-        cc_file = series.MakeCcFile(options.process_tags)
         cmd = gitutil.EmailPatches(series, cover_fname, args,
                 options.dry_run, cc_file)
-        os.remove(cc_file)
 
     # For a dry run, just show our actions as a sanity check
     if options.dry_run:
         series.ShowActions(args, cmd, options.process_tags)
+
+    os.remove(cc_file)
diff --git a/tools/patman/project.py b/tools/patman/project.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f7b2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patman/project.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+
+import os.path
+
+import gitutil
+
+def DetectProject():
+    """Autodetect the name of the current project.
+
+    This looks for signature files/directories that are unlikely to exist except
+    in the given project.
+
+    Returns:
+        The name of the project, like "linux" or "u-boot".  Returns "unknown"
+        if we can't detect the project.
+    """
+    top_level = gitutil.GetTopLevel()
+
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(top_level, "include", "u-boot")):
+        return "u-boot"
+    elif os.path.exists(os.path.join(top_level, "kernel")):
+        return "linux"
+
+    return "unknown"
diff --git a/tools/patman/series.py b/tools/patman/series.py
index d2971f4..6c5c570 100644
--- a/tools/patman/series.py
+++ b/tools/patman/series.py
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 # MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 
+import itertools
 import os
 
+import get_maintainer
 import gitutil
 import terminal
 
@@ -46,6 +48,11 @@
         self.notes = []
         self.changes = {}
 
+        # Written in MakeCcFile()
+        #  key: name of patch file
+        #  value: list of email addresses
+        self._generated_cc = {}
+
     # These make us more like a dictionary
     def __setattr__(self, name, value):
         self[name] = value
@@ -109,10 +116,7 @@
         for upto in range(len(args)):
             commit = self.commits[upto]
             print col.Color(col.GREEN, '   %s' % args[upto])
-            cc_list = []
-            if process_tags:
-                cc_list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(commit.tags)
-            cc_list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(commit.cc_list)
+            cc_list = list(self._generated_cc[commit.patch])
 
             # Skip items in To list
             if 'to' in self:
@@ -136,6 +140,9 @@
         print 'Prefix:\t ', self.get('prefix')
         if self.cover:
             print 'Cover: %d lines' % len(self.cover)
+            all_ccs = itertools.chain(*self._generated_cc.values())
+            for email in set(all_ccs):
+                    print '      Cc: ',email
         if cmd:
             print 'Git command: %s' % cmd
 
@@ -199,23 +206,33 @@
             str = 'Change log exists, but no version is set'
             print col.Color(col.RED, str)
 
-    def MakeCcFile(self, process_tags):
+    def MakeCcFile(self, process_tags, cover_fname):
         """Make a cc file for us to use for per-commit Cc automation
 
+        Also stores in self._generated_cc to make ShowActions() faster.
+
         Args:
             process_tags: Process tags as if they were aliases
+            cover_fname: If non-None the name of the cover letter.
         Return:
             Filename of temp file created
         """
         # Look for commit tags (of the form 'xxx:' at the start of the subject)
         fname = '/tmp/patman.%d' % os.getpid()
         fd = open(fname, 'w')
+        all_ccs = []
         for commit in self.commits:
             list = []
             if process_tags:
                 list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(commit.tags)
             list += gitutil.BuildEmailList(commit.cc_list)
+            list += get_maintainer.GetMaintainer(commit.patch)
+            all_ccs += list
             print >>fd, commit.patch, ', '.join(list)
+            self._generated_cc[commit.patch] = list
+
+        if cover_fname:
+            print >>fd, cover_fname, ', '.join(set(all_ccs))
 
         fd.close()
         return fname
diff --git a/tools/patman/settings.py b/tools/patman/settings.py
index 4dda17b..084d1b8 100644
--- a/tools/patman/settings.py
+++ b/tools/patman/settings.py
@@ -26,6 +26,140 @@
 import command
 import gitutil
 
+"""Default settings per-project.
+
+These are used by _ProjectConfigParser.  Settings names should match
+the "dest" of the option parser from patman.py.
+"""
+_default_settings = {
+    "u-boot": {},
+    "linux": {
+        "process_tags": "False",
+    }
+}
+
+class _ProjectConfigParser(ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser):
+    """ConfigParser that handles projects.
+
+    There are two main goals of this class:
+    - Load project-specific default settings.
+    - Merge general default settings/aliases with project-specific ones.
+
+    # Sample config used for tests below...
+    >>> import StringIO
+    >>> sample_config = '''
+    ... [alias]
+    ... me: Peter P. <likesspiders@example.com>
+    ... enemies: Evil <evil@example.com>
+    ...
+    ... [sm_alias]
+    ... enemies: Green G. <ugly@example.com>
+    ...
+    ... [sm2_alias]
+    ... enemies: Doc O. <pus@example.com>
+    ...
+    ... [settings]
+    ... am_hero: True
+    ... '''
+
+    # Check to make sure that bogus project gets general alias.
+    >>> config = _ProjectConfigParser("zzz")
+    >>> config.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(sample_config))
+    >>> config.get("alias", "enemies")
+    'Evil <evil@example.com>'
+
+    # Check to make sure that alias gets overridden by project.
+    >>> config = _ProjectConfigParser("sm")
+    >>> config.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(sample_config))
+    >>> config.get("alias", "enemies")
+    'Green G. <ugly@example.com>'
+
+    # Check to make sure that settings get merged with project.
+    >>> config = _ProjectConfigParser("linux")
+    >>> config.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(sample_config))
+    >>> sorted(config.items("settings"))
+    [('am_hero', 'True'), ('process_tags', 'False')]
+
+    # Check to make sure that settings works with unknown project.
+    >>> config = _ProjectConfigParser("unknown")
+    >>> config.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(sample_config))
+    >>> sorted(config.items("settings"))
+    [('am_hero', 'True')]
+    """
+    def __init__(self, project_name):
+        """Construct _ProjectConfigParser.
+
+        In addition to standard SafeConfigParser initialization, this also loads
+        project defaults.
+
+        Args:
+            project_name: The name of the project.
+        """
+        self._project_name = project_name
+        ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser.__init__(self)
+
+        # Update the project settings in the config based on
+        # the _default_settings global.
+        project_settings = "%s_settings" % project_name
+        if not self.has_section(project_settings):
+            self.add_section(project_settings)
+        project_defaults = _default_settings.get(project_name, {})
+        for setting_name, setting_value in project_defaults.iteritems():
+            self.set(project_settings, setting_name, setting_value)
+
+    def get(self, section, option, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Extend SafeConfigParser to try project_section before section.
+
+        Args:
+            See SafeConfigParser.
+        Returns:
+            See SafeConfigParser.
+        """
+        try:
+            return ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser.get(
+                self, "%s_%s" % (self._project_name, section), option,
+                *args, **kwargs
+            )
+        except (ConfigParser.NoSectionError, ConfigParser.NoOptionError):
+            return ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser.get(
+                self, section, option, *args, **kwargs
+            )
+
+    def items(self, section, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Extend SafeConfigParser to add project_section to section.
+
+        Args:
+            See SafeConfigParser.
+        Returns:
+            See SafeConfigParser.
+        """
+        project_items = []
+        has_project_section = False
+        top_items = []
+
+        # Get items from the project section
+        try:
+            project_items = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser.items(
+                self, "%s_%s" % (self._project_name, section), *args, **kwargs
+            )
+            has_project_section = True
+        except ConfigParser.NoSectionError:
+            pass
+
+        # Get top-level items
+        try:
+            top_items = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser.items(
+                self, section, *args, **kwargs
+            )
+        except ConfigParser.NoSectionError:
+            # If neither section exists raise the error on...
+            if not has_project_section:
+                raise
+
+        item_dict = dict(top_items)
+        item_dict.update(project_items)
+        return item_dict.items()
+
 def ReadGitAliases(fname):
     """Read a git alias file. This is in the form used by git:
 
@@ -88,13 +222,45 @@
     print >>f, "[alias]\nme: %s <%s>" % (name, email)
     f.close();
 
+def _UpdateDefaults(parser, config):
+    """Update the given OptionParser defaults based on config.
+
-def Setup(config_fname=''):
+    We'll walk through all of the settings from the parser
+    For each setting we'll look for a default in the option parser.
+    If it's found we'll update the option parser default.
+
+    The idea here is that the .patman file should be able to update
+    defaults but that command line flags should still have the final
+    say.
+
+    Args:
+        parser: An instance of an OptionParser whose defaults will be
+            updated.
+        config: An instance of _ProjectConfigParser that we will query
+            for settings.
+    """
+    defaults = parser.get_default_values()
+    for name, val in config.items('settings'):
+        if hasattr(defaults, name):
+            default_val = getattr(defaults, name)
+            if isinstance(default_val, bool):
+                val = config.getboolean('settings', name)
+            elif isinstance(default_val, int):
+                val = config.getint('settings', name)
+            parser.set_default(name, val)
+        else:
+            print "WARNING: Unknown setting %s" % name
+
+def Setup(parser, project_name, config_fname=''):
     """Set up the settings module by reading config files.
 
     Args:
+        parser:         The parser to update
+        project_name:   Name of project that we're working on; we'll look
+            for sections named "project_section" as well.
         config_fname:   Config filename to read ('' for default)
     """
-    settings = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
+    config = _ProjectConfigParser(project_name)
     if config_fname == '':
         config_fname = '%s/.patman' % os.getenv('HOME')
 
@@ -102,11 +268,17 @@
         print "No config file found ~/.patman\nCreating one...\n"
         CreatePatmanConfigFile(config_fname)
 
-    settings.read(config_fname)
+    config.read(config_fname)
 
-    for name, value in settings.items('alias'):
+    for name, value in config.items('alias'):
         alias[name] = value.split(',')
 
+    _UpdateDefaults(parser, config)
 
 # These are the aliases we understand, indexed by alias. Each member is a list.
 alias = {}
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()
diff --git a/tools/patman/test.py b/tools/patman/test.py
index cf42480..f801ced 100644
--- a/tools/patman/test.py
+++ b/tools/patman/test.py
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@
 --- a/README
 +++ b/README
 @@ -2026,6 +2026,17 @@ The following options need to be configured:
-		example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
-		the following checkpoints are implemented:
+ 		example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
+ 		the following checkpoints are implemented:
 
 +- Time boot progress
 +		CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
 +		You can add calls to bootstage_mark() to set time markers.
 +
  - Standalone program support:
-		CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
+ 		CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
 
 diff --git a/common/bootstage.c b/common/bootstage.c
 new file mode 100644