Re: [PATCH] ARM: head-common.S: Clear lr before jumping to start_kernel()

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 03:14:05PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:25:50AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > It should go into your devel-testing branch as this must be applied on 
> > top of my xip_zdata branch that you merged there.
> 
> Thanks, it would've been good to have known that ahead of time.
> 
> It's why the patch system has the KernelVersion: tag:
> 
>  6. Kernel version.
>     On a separate line, add a tag "KernelVersion: " followed by the kernel
>     version that the patch was generated against. This should be formatted
>     as "KernelVersion: 2.6.0-rmk1"
> 
> This is because that information is relevant for knowing where it should
> be applied, and to which branch.  Having it be something else means I
> have to guess, and that can result in the patch being discarded in this
> manner if I don't find where it's supposed to be applied.
> 
> Yes, I know it's a pain to have to supply this information, but giving
> accurate information there makes things a lot easier and quicker when
> applying patches, rather than playing a game of "guess where it needs
> to be applied, nope, doesn't apply there, try somewhere else."
> 
> Various people in the kernel community have different solutions to this.
> For example, on netdev, it is preferred to state whether you want your
> patch to be applied to "net" or "net-next" by adding that into the
> "[PATCH ...]" tag in the subject line.  It's really about streamlining
> the patch submission and application process.

The tag can take a plain kernel version and a kernel version suffixed
with a shortened git hash (please avoid the full hash, it doesn't
display well with the web presentation, and will probably be truncated
when it's inserted into the database.)

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