netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/12] sfc changes for 2.6.36

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:04:34 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] sfc changes for 2.6.36

On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 06:57 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:52:26 +0100
> 
> > Did you apply patch 12 "sfc: Get port number from CS_PORT_NUM, not PCI
> > function number" to net-2.6?
> 
> When you mix bug fixes and cleanups, I'm going to apply it all to
> net-next-2.6 You didn't even specify an intended destination in your
> subject lines, so you leave it entirely open for interpretation and
> my choice.
> 
> So, if you want a bug fix added to net-2.6, tossing it into a series
> which is not wholly appropriate for net-next-2.6 is not that way to
> accomplish that.

Well, I included a comment in the message and left it to your judgement
as to whether it was more appropriate for net-next-2.6 or net-2.6.

> The way to do it is:
> 
> 1) Submit the bug fix, explicitly state "[PATCH net-2.6 xxx] "
>    in your subject line.
> 
> 2) Prepare your net-next-2.6 changes on top of that, and do one
>    of two things:
>    a) Explicitly state in your patch series in the "[PATCH net-next-2.6 0/xxx] "
>       posting "this depends upon the bug fixes posted in the series
>       XXX posted earlier.
>    b) Wait for the bug fix to reach net-next-2.6 when I do a merge,
>       then post your series.

There are no dependencies in this case.

> Otherwise you make life way to miserable and complicated for me,
> the one who has to review and integrate all of your work.

Sorry.

Ben.

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