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Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 09:34:33 -0800 From: Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> To: thomasfherbert@...il.com Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...ronetworks.com>, "dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] OVS Kernel Datapath development On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 6:59 AM, Thomas F Herbert <thomasfherbert@...il.com> wrote: > Thanks. > > What is the impact on a developer submitting a patch. Do we now submit the > linux datapath portion of the patch to both netdev and ovs-dev? > Yes, if a feature needs kernel datapath changes the feature series should be posted on both mailing lists. > --Tom > > > On 12/8/14, 1:30 PM, Pravin Shelar wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...ronetworks.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 12/07/14 at 08:47pm, Pravin Shelar wrote: >>>> >>>> Since the beginning OVS kernel datapath development is primarily done >>>> on external OVS repo. Now we have mostly synced upstream and external >>>> OVS. So we have decided to change this process. New process is as >>>> follows. >>>> >>>> 1. OVS feature development that involves kernel datapath should be >>>> done on net-next tree datapath. >>>> 2. Such feature patch series should be posted on netdev and ovs-dev >>>> mailing list. >>>> 3. Once review is done for entire series, kernel and OVS userspace >>>> patches will be merged in respective repo. >>>> 4. After the merge developer is suppose to send patches for external >>>> kernel datapath along with old kernel compatibility code. So that we >>>> can keep external datapath insync. >>> >>> +1 >>> >>> Just to be clear, by respective repo do you mean net-next/net or will >>> you maintain a net-next branch on git.kernel.org and continue doing >>> pull requests? >> >> OVS patches will directly go to net-next/net tree. I am not planning >> on maintaining any tree on git.kernel.org. >> _______________________________________________ >> dev mailing list >> dev@...nvswitch.org >> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > > > -- > Thomas F. Herbert > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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