> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Hart [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 12:42 AM
> To: Wu, Chia Chuan <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [meta-intel] [fido][PATCH 1/1] common/linux-yocto_3.14: update
> meta branch SRCREV
>
>
>
> On 8/11/15 12:56 AM, Wu, Chia Chuan wrote:
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Darren Hart [mailto:[email protected]]
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 7:17 AM
> >> To: Wu, Chia Chuan <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: [email protected]
> >> Subject: Re: [meta-intel] [fido][PATCH 1/1] common/linux-yocto_3.14:
> >> update meta branch SRCREV
> >>
> >> On 8/3/15 3:03 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> From: Wu Chia Chuan <[email protected]>
> >>>
> >>> Enable i40e network driver for Intel Ethernet Controller XL710/X710
> >>> on Intel common BSP so that the NIC card is discoverable under River
> >>> Forest
> >> platform.
> >>>
> >>
> >> This fails to apply to master, and we don't apply patches to fido
> >> that haven't been first applied to master.
> >>
> >> Please develop against master and request backports to the stable branches.
> > Darren, linux-yocto meta branch was separated out in master branch and
> > pointing to " yocto-kernel-cache" repo. Fido branch still use the meta
> > branch from "linux-yocto-3.xx" repo, the revisions would not be common for
> the two branches.
> >
> > This patch is required for River Forest BSP ,which is developed/tested under
> fido branch.
>
> Right you are. Thanks for pointing that out.
>
> This kind of justification should be included in the commit message for any
> patch
> that cannot be applied to master first as it is a special case.
Darren, sure, I should include this information at the beginning of the cover
letter
& commit message. Thanks!
>
> --
> Darren Hart
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
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