On Fri, 2017-03-24 at 18:36 +0800, 吳重毅 wrote: > Hi: > I am confuse with backports' parameter. First i found the mail list > of > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath10k/2017-March/009458.html > And i follow the attachment to patch backports' git. > I am success full create the backports-output, but some parameters > confused me. > The parameter "--git-revision next-20170310". Is it says i am using > tag next-20170310 of source linux-next? > Currently my git of backports is point at master. > When i use the command in maillist to generate backport-output. > What target of kernel version am i going to backport to ? > kernel of tag next-20170310(linux-next) to which kernel version? > If my backports git is point at tag v4.4.2 and --git-version is point > at v4.11. Can i say i am backporting from 4.11 to 4.4.2? --git-revision is for the kernel source you want to use. backports has its own tagging/branching, intended to match the *source* kernel. the *target* kernel, the one you compile against, shouldn't matter at all and support (roughly) 3.0-current. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe backports" in
