Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] linux-headers: Update KVM headers from linux-next tag ToBeFilled

[Eric Auger]

On 12/03/2014 12:03 PM, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 11:53:58AM +0100, Eric Auger wrote:
>> On 12/03/2014 11:49 AM, Christoffer Dall wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 06:28:13PM +0000, Eric Auger wrote:
>>>> Syncup KVM related linux headers from linux-next tree using
>>>> scripts/update-linux-headers.sh.
>>>>
>>>> Add a new group/attribute in VGIC KVM device enabling to force
>>>> vgic init: KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL/KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <address@hidden>
>>>
>>> How can this be from linux-next?  I'm pretty sure we didn't merge this
>>> patch yet.
>>
>> Hi Christoffer,
>>
>> yes that's correct . I don't know how to format that kind of patch that
>> refers to linux headers (I mentioned in the title tag ToBeFilled). I
>> looked at other similar ones and I thought this was the wording that is
>> generally used. I can move it to RFC but it will stay as is until kernel
>> patches are upstreamed. In that case I should also move the QEMU VFIO
>> patch back to RFC due to forwarding stuff;-)
>>
> This patch subject should just be something like this:
> 
> Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/2] linux-headers: Update KVM headers for 
> KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL
> 
> And in the commit message you point to a personal git tree that contains
> the patches you're syncing against.
OK thanks

I will update accordingly

Eric
> 
> -Christoffer
>