On 2013-11-28 09:11, Bjørn Mork wrote:
Arvid Brodin <arvid.brodin@alten.se> 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@alten.se | www.alten.se/en/ ________________________________ Xdin has changed its name. From 25 November 2013 we are known as Alten. Read more at www.alten.se