Re: [PATCH 1/1] tools: hv: Return the full kernel version

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 04:03:31PM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org]
> > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 2:45 AM
> > To: KY Srinivasan
> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org; olaf@aepfle.de;
> > apw@canonical.com; jasowang@redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tools: hv: Return the full kernel version
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 04:40:10PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > > Currently, we are returning the same string for both OSBuildNumber
> > > and OSVersion keys. Return the full uts string for the OSBuild
> > > key since Windows does not impose any restrictions on this.
> > 
> > You sent me 2 patches, both 1/1, that modify the same file.  Which one
> > comes first?  Please resend both properly, and also let me know if these
> > are things that should be going into 3.7 or can wait for 3.8.
> 
> Initially,  I sent them out in the order I wanted them
> applied. I will resend them as a patch set. They can wait for 3.8.

The "order" you send them isn't always the order they are received by
people, that is why you need to have the X/2 numbering scheme.

greg k-h