On 2013年11月28日 00:26, Arvid Brodin wrote: > 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'm afraid this will depends on your fix is a major one or trivial... > 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? As I said before, if your fix is networking related, please rebase against net-next. Refer: Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt > > -- > 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 -- 浮沉随浪只记今朝笑 --fan fan _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
