[ovs-dev] OVS DPDK Latest & HWOL Branches

[Stokes, Ian]

> Ian Stokes <ian.stokes at intel.com> writes:
> 
> > On 8/27/2018 5:16 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> >> I can help with some of these.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 04:05:39PM +0000, Ophir Munk wrote:
> >>> Ian, can you please specify the practical steps regarding the new
> branches?
> >>> Specifically, what is the procedure for adding a new patch for
> >>> either of the branches (OVS DPDK latest or HWOK)?
> >>> 1. What should the patch title include?
> >>
> >> I guess this is up to Ian, although he should coordinate with Aaron
> >> to make sure that the patch robot understands too.
> >
> > We discussed this at the community call last week but it's good to
> > raise it on the ML again for wider input.
> >
> > The process we would follow is that patches would be submitted to the
> > dev at openvswitch.org.
> >
> > As the patches affects a particular branch and not master,
> > contributors should submit the change with the target branch listed in
> > the subject line of the patch.
> >
> > The git format-patch argument --subject-prefix may be used when
> > posting the patch, for example:
> >
> > $ git format-patch HEAD --subject-prefix="PATCH branch-dpdk-latest"
> >
> > or
> >
> > $ git format-patch HEAD --subject-prefix="PATCH branch-dpdk-hwol"
> >
> > @Aaron, would it be possible to setup the 0-day robot to recognize
> > patches with the above subject header and apply/build the correlating
> > branch?
> 
> Absolutely do-able.  I'm getting ready for DPDK Userspace summit, so it
> *might* get delayed a bit, but I'll have it implemented asap.

No problem, there'll be a few people from the OVS community at  userspace including myself so it might be a good chance to sync face to face on it.

Ian