Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 4/4] hw/i386/pc: use PVH option rom

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 01:12:21PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 1/15/19 12:57 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 11:00:58AM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> >> Use pvh.bin option rom when we are booting an uncompressed
> >> kernel using the x86/HVM direct boot ABI.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> >> Based-on: <1545422632-24444-5-git-send-email-liam.merwick@oracle.com>
> > 
> > I don't think this is a great way to give attribution.
> > Can you pls include the author name and the S.O.B from there as well?
> > 
> > 
> >> ---
> 
> Patchew understands Based-on: tags as meaning a prerequisite patch on
> the list that must be applied first before this patch can apply (and NOT
> in the sense that this patch is an updated revision to replace an
> earlier revision posted by someone else) - but when using the annotation
> to keep Patchew happy, it should either be in a 0/N cover letter, or for
> a single patch, after the --- separator, as the condition of a
> prerequisite patch not being applied is a transient condition relevant
> to the current build but not something that needs to be recorded in
> long-term git history.
> 
> -- 
> Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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> 

Good to know.
But I still think listing the original author (e.g. Based on patches by
Foo Bar) or such is the nice thing to do.

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MST