> Hi Ben, > > On 09/01/18 16:56, Ben Pfaff wrote: > >> Sure, I was just concerned was it fixing a compilation issue or such > for you. I've seen it's been applied already and I've given it a quick > validation check without issue so no worries. > > > > I interpreted your Signed-off-by as a request to apply it, but I think > > I must have misunderstood a backport of a patch already on master. I > > won't apply it so quickly next time. I'm learning here too :-)
No problem, I made the same assumption when I first looked at the patch. > > > > Oh should I have done something different to make it clear that it was a > backport? I simply took the patch from master, modified the Subject line > to indicate the branch for the backport and added my SoB line. Might be > better to use 'cherry-pick -x' for backports to make it more explicit. I > apologize for any confusion this may have caused I think the approach you took is the agreed upon approach (specifying the branch that the patch is targeted at). The confusion lay in the sign offs :). Ian > > -- > markos > > SUSE LINUX GmbH | GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB > 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409, Nürnberg _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
