On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 07:58:12PM +0100, Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin wrote: > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin <NMoreyChaisemartin@xxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/stable.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/stable.md b/Documentation/stable.md > index d7ea9822..b7d26c98 100644 > --- a/Documentation/stable.md > +++ b/Documentation/stable.md > @@ -63,3 +63,20 @@ Note that for Option 3, if the patch deviates from the original upstream patch ( > ## Versioning > > See versioning.md for setting package version on a stable branch. > + > + > +## Creating a stable branch > + > +Stable branch should be created from a release tag of the master branch. > +The first thing to do on a master branch is to commit the mainstream release ABI infos > +so that latters patches/fixes can be checked against this reference. Does it mean that you should rebase your stable-v15 branch? It doesn't contain ABI infos yet. > + > +To do that, the creator of the branch should run > +``` > +./buildlib/gen-abi > +mv build-abi/ABI buildlib/ABI > +git add buildlib/ABI > +git commit > +``` > + > +Note that the ABI must NOT be commited at any point in the master branch. > -- > 2.15.0.168.g9a51f1b30.dirty > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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