From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Gortmaker Subject: Re: [RFC] Any value in having a netdev FAQ? Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:33:42 -0400 Message-ID: <51E7EEB6.3080706@windriver.com> References: <20130716025954.GC26761@windriver.com> <1374112504.7622.49.camel@envy.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "David S. Miller" , Greg Kroah-Hartman , To: Darren Hart Return-path: Received: from mail.windriver.com ([147.11.1.11]:44675 "EHLO mail.windriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759027Ab3GRNdg (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:33:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1374112504.7622.49.camel@envy.home> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 13-07-17 09:55 PM, Darren Hart wrote: > On Mon, 2013-07-15 at 22:59 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > >> IMPORTANT: Do not send new net-next content to netdev during the >> period during which net-next tree is closed. >> >> Shortly after the two weeks have passed, (and vX.Y-rc1 is released) the >> tree for net-next reopens to collect content for the next (vX.Y+1) release. > > So I misunderstood this line apparently. I checked Linus tree: > > $ git show v3.11-rc1 > tag v3.11-rc1 > Tagger: Linus Torvalds > Date: Sun Jul 14 15:18:41 2013 -0700 > > Linux 3.11-rc1 > > And seeing that rc1 had been tagged 3 days ago, submitted the pch_gbe > patch for MinnowBoard to netdev for net-next. David *very* politely :-) > asked me to resubmit when the net-next tree was open. It appears to me > then that we need to add a bit here about searching the archives > mentioned above for the last netdev-is-open message (I presume there is > a common subject format) to know whether a patch will be welcomed or > not. I will append under the "Shortly after..." text something like: "If you aren't subscribed to netdev and/or are simply unsure if net-next has re-opened yet, simply check the net-next git repository link above for any new networking related commits." That "link above" would be this: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git P. -- > > I am not subscribed to netdev as I contribute only very rarely. Is it > considered a requirement that one be subscribed to netdev in order to > contribute? If so, we should add that here as well. > >