On 2013-11-28 09:11, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Arvid Brodin <arvid.brodin@xxxxxxxx> writes: > >> 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? > > That's correct. > > If your series is for the networking subsystem *and* appropriate for an > -rcX where X > 1, then it should be based on > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/ > > and you should indicate that you want it applied to "net" instead of > "net-next". I usually do that by including "net" in the subject prefix, > like e. g. > > Subject: [PATCH net] foo: fix obvious bug > > but there are no strict rules about how to do this AFAIK. > > Note that the whole series must be applicable to "net". Don't be > tempted to mix any features in there. Split those out in a separate > series instead and submit for "net-next". If they depend on any of the > changes you made to "net", then explain that dependency in the > cover-letter. > > And yes, a cover-letter ("PATCH 0/X") is always a good idea when posting > more than 1 patch in a series. Davem use them as pseudo-merge commits, > so whatever you write there is even recorded in the history. This is a > good place to explain why the series should be applied to "net" if that > isn't 103% obvious (sometimes you need to know a driver pretty well to > understand why something is a bugfix and not a feature). > > I believe all this is explained in more detail in the > Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt document Fan Du pointed you to. > That's a good place to start. There are some small differences between > networking and most other subsystems, like comment style and stable > submissions. There's usually no problem if you miss those details in > the beginning - you'll just have to fix it later. But reading the FAQ > will give you a head start. > > > Bjørn > Thank you Bjørn for a great answer! Thanks also to Fan Du for pointing to the netdev-FAQ. -- 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
