From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([5.9.151.49]:42872 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753164AbdC2IwP (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Mar 2017 04:52:15 -0400 Message-ID: <1490777532.7948.15.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20170329_105543_346370_0C07DAE7) Subject: Re: Question of backports From: Johannes Berg To: =?UTF-8?Q?=E5=90=B3=E9=87=8D=E6=AF=85?= , backports@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:52:12 +0200 In-Reply-To: (sfid-20170324_113721_904132_74122683) References: (sfid-20170324_113721_904132_74122683) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: backports-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, 2017-03-24 at 18:36 +0800, 吳重毅 wrote: > Hi: > I am confuse with backports' parameter. First i found the mail list > of > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/ath10k/2017-March/009458.html > And i follow the attachment to patch backports' git. > I am success full create the backports-output, but some parameters > confused me. > The parameter "--git-revision next-20170310". Is it says i am using > tag next-20170310 of source linux-next? > Currently my git of backports is point at master. > When i use the command in maillist to generate backport-output. > What target of kernel version am i going to backport to ? > kernel of tag next-20170310(linux-next) to which kernel version? > If my backports git is point at tag v4.4.2 and --git-version is point > at v4.11. Can i say i am backporting from 4.11 to 4.4.2? --git-revision is for the kernel source you want to use. backports has its own tagging/branching, intended to match the *source* kernel. the *target* kernel, the one you compile against, shouldn't matter at all and support (roughly) 3.0-current. johannes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe backports" in