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charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 09:13:11PM +0000, Chris Packham wrote: > On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 22:07 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin > wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 08:56:05PM +0000, Chris Packham wrote: > > > On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 10:13 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin > > > wrote: > > > > Just send the single patch to the patch tracker - having it against > > > > 5.3-rc is fine (I don't think anything has changed for a long time > > > > with that file.) > > > > > > Done > > > https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/viewpatch.php?id=8902/1 > > > > > > I'm still not entirely sure what to put for the KernelVersion tag. In > > > hindsight think I misinterpreted your comment above and set it to 5.3rc > > > (where you meant a series based on 5.3-rcX should apply cleanly). It > > > probably should have been next or master because it's way past the > > > merge window for 5.3. > > > > Think about it as "which kernel version was _this_ patch generated > > against" - it's a guide for me to know which kernel version it > > should be applied to. The nearest Linus release (rc or final) is > > generally sufficient. > > > > If it doesn't apply to my current base, then I might check out that > > version, apply it there, and then merge it in, resolving any > > conflicts during the merge. > > > > It started off with a different purpose: when we had the older > > development system, such as the 2.x series kernels, we would have > > even x being the current stable kernels, and concurrently we'd > > also have x+1 as the development series. When someone sent me a > > patch back then, it was important to know which kernel series it > > was meant for. > > > > I decided not to get rid of it because it provides useful > > information when patches don't apply, and gives more options > > than me just discarding the patch with a comment saying it > > doesn't apply. > > > > Thanks for the info. So 5.3-rc is not as wrong as I thought it was. > > One could even summarize the above as. > > git format-patch --add-header \ > "KernelVersion: $(git describe --abbrev=0 HEAD)" Yep, I should probably update the patch system help with that, and actually strip out everything about the old diff and patch way of working. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 12.1Mbps down 622kbps up According to speedtest.net: 11.9Mbps down 500kbps up _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel