Re: [PATCH v3 19/20] firmware: add request_firmware_cache() to help with cache on reboot

[Konstantin Ryabitsev]

On 03/20/18 14:24, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> *Iff* this seems sensible, this would only mean kernel.org would have to start
> accepting git notes long term, for those who optionally want to push them or
> fetch them.

We don't disallow them. You just need to make sure you're fetching and
pushing them, because they aren't by default. You can set this in your
kernel.org origin section of .git/config:

[remote origin]
  ...
  fetch = +refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*

And then push them separately as "git push origin refs/notes/*".

Since frontends clone with --mirror, the notes will be available on all
git.kernel.org nodes (e.g. see
https://git.kernel.org/mricon/hook-test/c/a8d310d4c13)

If you do start using notes, I strongly suggest you pick a dedicated
refspace for it instead of putting things into the default
refs/notes/commits, e.g.:

git notes --ref crosstree [...]

This will create refs/notes/crosstree that has less of a chance to be
clobbered by someone else's use of notes.

Best,
-- 
Konstantin Ryabitsev
Director, IT Infrastructure Security
The Linux Foundation

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