On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 6:36 AM, wuzhouhui <wuzhouhui14@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In linux kernel mail list, I often see such string in mail subject: > [PATCH V3 3/3] > or > [PATCH 0/8] > > What's meaning of "V3", "3/3" and "0/8"? As I understand it, the 0/8, 2/3, 3/5, 4/4 indicate the patch in the message is part of a sequence of related patches. So 3/5 means that is patch three of six related patches (patch 0 is usually the patch that contains the details about what the patches do) that belong together. The V1, V2, V3 etc usually indicates the patch set is a revision, often times due to some part of the patch being either rejected, or in the case of experimental patches, an updated patch set that supersedes and earlier one. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie "This started out as a hobby and spun horribly out of control." -Unknown -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
