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On 02/06/2018 12:27 PM, Kalderon, Michal wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Hi Vlad, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">When do changes
need to be provided as a patch in linux-next-cherry-pick and
when can they be made a fix
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">directly on the
driver files in linux-4.8 or in compat-rdma?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Michal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Hi Michal,<br>
Patches that were accepted upstream after kernel 4.8 release should
go to the <span style="color:#44546A"><font color="#000000">linux-next-cherry-pick
directory.<br>
Patches that were submitted upstream but not yet accepted should
go to the linux-next-pending directory.<br>
Code under linux-4.8 includes the sub-trees for the relevant
components taken as is from linux-4.8 sources tree. Some
components were added there later on. But no other patches
should be applied to this git tree directly.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Vladimir </font><br>
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