Re: [RFC PATCH v4 0/5] New NDO methods ndo_hwtstamp_get/set

[Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>]

On 28.04.2023 15:14, Max Georgiev wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 2:11 AM Köry Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:57:27 -0600
>> Max Georgiev <glipus@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry, I'm still learning the kernel patch communication rules.
>>> Thank you for guiding me here.
>>
>> Also, each Linux merging subtree can have its own rules.
>> I also, was not aware of net special merging rules:
>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-netdev.html
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 2:43 AM Köry Maincent <kory.maincent@bootlin.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:00:43 -0600
>>>> Max Georgiev <glipus@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for giving it a try!
>>>>> I'll drop the RFC tag starting from the next iteration.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry I didn't know the net-next submission rules. In fact keep the RFC tag
>>>> until net-next open again.
>>>> http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/net-next.html
>>>>
>>>> Your patch series don't appear in the cover letter thread:
>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230423032437.285014-1-glipus@gmail.com/
>>>> I don't know if it comes from your e-mail or just some issue from lore but
>>>> could you check it?
>>>
>>> Could you please elaborate what's missing in the cover letter?
>>> Should the cover letter contain the latest version of the patch
>>> stack (v4, then v5, etc.) and some description of the differences
>>> between the patch versions?
>>> Let me look up some written guidance on this.
>>
>> I don't know how you send your patch series but when you look on your e-mail
>> thread the patches are not present:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230423032437.285014-1-glipus@gmail.com/
>>
>> It is way easier to find your patches when you have all the patches of the
>> series in the e-mail thread.
>>
> 
> Aha, I see the problem now. I guess it has something to do with "--in-reply-to"
> git send-email optio or similar options.
> 
>> Here for example they are in the thread:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230406173308.401924-1-kory.maincent@bootlin.com/
>>
>> Do you use git send-email?
> 
> Yes, I use "git format-patch" to generate individual patch files for
> every patch in the
> stack, and then I use "git send-email" to send out these patches on-by-one.
>

The problem is, as Köry has mentioned already, in sending patches one-by-one. 
You can provide a directory with patches to git send-email and it will take all 
of them at once. You can try it with --dry-run and check that all pacthes have 
the same In-Reply-To and References headers.

> Is there a recommended way to send out stacks of patches?