[meta-intel] [fido][PATCH 1/1] common/linux-yocto_3.14: update meta branch SRCREV

[Darren Hart]

On 8/11/15 12:56 AM, Wu, Chia Chuan wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Darren Hart [mailto:dvhart at linux.intel.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 7:17 AM
>> To: Wu, Chia Chuan <chia.chuan.wu at intel.com>
>> Cc: meta-intel at yoctoproject.org
>> Subject: Re: [meta-intel] [fido][PATCH 1/1] common/linux-yocto_3.14: update
>> meta branch SRCREV
>>
>> On 8/3/15 3:03 AM, chia.chuan.wu at intel.com wrote:
>>> From: Wu Chia Chuan <chia.chuan.wu at intel.com>
>>>
>>> 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 Hart
Intel Open Source Technology Center