From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:2492 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752740Ab1HHQLO (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:11:14 -0400 Message-ID: <4E400A92.7060905@broadcom.com> (sfid-20110808_181117_484253_F9319269) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 18:10:58 +0200 From: "Arend van Spriel" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dan Carpenter" cc: "sedat.dilek@gmail.com" , "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "gregkh@suse.de" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 00/82] staging: brcm80211: resubmit previously posted patches References: <1312811946-16713-1-git-send-email-arend@broadcom.com> <20110808145334.GA7659@shale.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20110808145334.GA7659@shale.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 08/08/2011 04:53 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 04:29:49PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote: >> 2. Using "staging/brcm80211" would also save some chars (and is more >> common to me). > No one would complain if the prefix were "staging/brcm80211" but > actually the way Arend has it is prefered. > > git log --pretty=oneline --author=gregkh drivers/staging/ Nice. Learning something today about --author filter. >> 3. "PATCH v2" should be with a space? > git am doesn't care. It strips everything out correctly. > >> 4. Something like "for-3.1" would clearly indicate for which >> kernel-release this mega-series is for (also "staging" could be >> dropped as it is known where the driver is managed) >> >> $ git format-patch --signoff --cover-letter --subject-prefix="PATCH v2 >> for-3.1" -82 (or whatever $FIRST..$LAST) I actually would think this all is for 3.2 as 3.1 has already been merged hence 3.1-rc1 and only bug fixes are to be merged into 3.1. > Everything was explained in the cover letter, so I think it's ok. > > regards, > dan carpenter Thanks. I leave it as it is unless Greg sees good reasons to change any conventions here. Gr. AvS -- Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane. -- H.P. Lovecraft --