On 2013-11-27 02:20, Fan Du wrote: > > > On 2013年11月26日 05:17, Arvid Brodin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> How would I go ahead to send a patch for the latest -rc kernel? >> >> Specifically: >> >> * What tree to diff against? (Linus'?) >> * To which list do I send the patch? >> >> Background: I've contributed a new network driver that is now in 3.13-rc1. I >> would like to fix it so that it behaves better with iproute. Strictly speaking >> this isn't a bug fix, but the driver is going to be quite useless without >> iproute support, and that won't be there until this fix is in the kernel. > > Almost every subsystem has its own next git tree, since it's a networking driver > issue, please verify your fix against net-next: > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/ > > And send the patch to netdev maillist: > http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#netdev > > You need also CC the driver maintainer by looking at linux_source_code/MAINTAINERS, > or using ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl. > Actually, part of the patch series is adding myself as the maintainer for the driver. :) I thought the subsystem -next trees was for the next release of Linux? I.e., what goes into the net-next tree now will find its way into mainline at the next release window, for linux-3.14-rc1? I'm not sure though. It's a bit confusing. Aldo Iljazi said this: > Arvid Brodin wrote: > >> * What tree to diff against? (Linus'?) > > I believe that you need to diff against linux-next tree: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/log/?id=refs/tags/next-20131126 > >> * To which list do I send the patch? > > Well you can send it to the Linux Kernel Mailing List. > -- Aldo Iljazi Which seems reasonable to me. Is there anyone who can confirm this? -- Arvid Brodin | Consultant (Linux) ALTEN | Knarrarnäsgatan 7 | SE-164 40 Kista | Sweden arvid.brodin@xxxxxxxx | www.alten.se/en/ ________________________________ Xdin has changed its name. From 25 November 2013 we are known as Alten. Read more at www.alten.se _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
