Re: [PATCH v8] net: set name assign type for names assigned using a static string

[Tom Gundersen]

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 09:17:07AM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 8:56 AM, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tom, even if the patches are sort of independent, they logically
>>> belong together.
>>>
>>> So please number them, and provide an appropriate "[PATCH 0/N] ..."
>>> cover letter.
>>>
>>> Please resubmit these patches with that done properly, thank you.
>>
>>
>> Ok. Will do.
>
>
> Also, it would be really nice if you could send patches as
> Doc/net/netdev-FAQ.txt suggests, as lots of us have scripts that parse the
> subject to find out which tree to apply/test the patches.
>
> It's also easier than using git notes edit/git send-email --notes :).
>
> Q: How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in?
>
> A: Firstly, think whether you have a bug fix or new "next-like" content.
>   Then once decided, assuming that you use git, use the prefix flag, i.e.
>
>        git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH net-next' start..finish
>
>   Use "net" instead of "net-next" (always lower case) in the above for
>   bug-fix net content.  If you don't use git, then note the only magic in
>   the above is just the subject text of the outgoing e-mail, and you can
>   manually change it yourself with whatever MUA you are comfortable with.

Ok. Will do.

Thanks.

Tom
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