We want people to mark their patches with net and net-next in the subject. Many miss doing that. Move the FAQ section which points that out up, and place it after the section which enumerates the trees, that seems like a pretty logical place for it. Since the two sections are together we can remove a little bit (not too much) of the repetition. v2: also remove the text for non-git setups, we want people to use git. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst | 25 +++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst index f7e5755e013e..fd5f5a1a0846 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst @@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ mainline tree from Linus, and ``net-next`` is where the new code goes - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git - https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git +How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in? +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +To help maintainers and CI bots you should explicitly mark which tree +your patch is targeting. Assuming that you use git, use the prefix +flag:: + + git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH net-next' start..finish + +Use ``net`` instead of ``net-next`` (always lower case) in the above for +bug-fix ``net`` content. + How often do changes from these trees make it to the mainline Linus tree? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To understand this, you need to know a bit of background information on @@ -90,20 +101,6 @@ and note the top of the "tags" section. If it is rc1, it is early in the dev cycle. If it was tagged rc7 a week ago, then a release is probably imminent. -How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -Firstly, think whether you have a bug fix or new "next-like" content. -Then once decided, assuming that you use git, use the prefix flag, i.e. -:: - - git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH net-next' start..finish - -Use ``net`` instead of ``net-next`` (always lower case) in the above for -bug-fix ``net`` content. If you don't use git, then note the only magic -in the above is just the subject text of the outgoing e-mail, and you -can manually change it yourself with whatever MUA you are comfortable -with. - I sent a patch and I'm wondering what happened to it - how can I tell whether it got merged? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start by looking at the main patchworks queue for netdev: -- 2.34.1
