From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "hch@infradead.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH scsi] libcxgbi : support ipv6 address host_param Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 08:12:03 -0700 Message-ID: <20141018151203.GA30355@infradead.org> References: <1413500359-27521-1-git-send-email-anish@chelsio.com> <525DB349B3FB5444AE057A887CB2A8D8920F15@nice.asicdesigners.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:56413 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751042AbaJRPMG (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:12:06 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <525DB349B3FB5444AE057A887CB2A8D8920F15@nice.asicdesigners.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Anish Bhatt Cc: "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "hch@infradead.org" , "jbottomley@parallels.com" , "michaelc@cs.wisc.edu" , Karen Xie , Manoj Malviya On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 07:43:34PM +0000, Anish Bhatt wrote: > I actually wanted to get some clarification on how the branches on scsi-queue > work. The core/drivers separation is easy enough, but the current branches > are confusing. If say I am submitting a bug fix for the next 3.17 release, what > branch should I be basing my changes on ? Is there a preferred procedure for > submitting bug fixes vs new features ? Anything that is an urgent and/or very small fix should just be against Linus' current tree and will go into the drivers branch for that tree. Anything bigger and/or less urgent should be sent against the drivers branch for the next release.