From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F181A0A02 for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 14:56:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A45440041; Tue, 18 May 2021 14:56:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f49.google.com (mail-wr1-f49.google.com [209.85.221.49]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 513E740041 for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 14:56:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f49.google.com with SMTP id j14so8375471wrq.5 for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 05:56:04 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to :references:content-transfer-encoding:user-agent:mime-version; bh=f7IgNeFiUpFaQwqQfzxp2GmuOIoTOFN98+vxJvO3tKo=; b=pjzGzWoBsLioSMJv9fxmtiWd9sLNy3t3yoSjCVL6CFi6CmfvTLscFvK9j+1wFrD5Cn 9yMWlRebcJI3K5K2OfA4ECX0AJLQSSpP2fF5fv07dOsJg4v3+ELRDHDiuA594vFWRYMX KgdnrDskSbGsHa17z+qG/rJCbV5cqJs3MAb8Jr0HIU07Oll7g7u4Krk/hMpKhpUWN7xB 8pg63oAyiHo6YXpouxraiUjZSAUSZIWahUutlyuvUhr5Nri5ZCNlzq3qvVpiZm3kT8Yx xCQUlOE5HAjdMVeh8th8P+YUQAldUpKmLPiN+CaRbIDolaqUhn/5clGS3uHhXf5hmpkk Pp0Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533HVw2azDZtDqOhGdokRE76I/vHuruhXblS5PZR2N3yxUWnzI4l tqMxW31xnTwSqtddnRugYfJAdXPKMRc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzAz4egVW74Fu/yonrM/35FpP4QdsB+FkEO5029RSko2wP4CXQjhIOps7p9jZQNmgwFR6WviQ== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:4dcc:: with SMTP id f12mr5748771wru.224.1621342563982; Tue, 18 May 2021 05:56:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([137.220.125.106]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j7sm17791251wmi.21.2021.05.18.05.56.03 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 18 May 2021 05:56:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Luca Boccassi To: Christian Ehrhardt , stable@dpdk.org Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 13:56:02 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20210518092741.3544007-1-christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> References: <20210518092741.3544007-1-christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.30.5-1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] README: clarify the input of step 3 X-BeenThere: stable@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: patches for DPDK stable branches List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: stable-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "stable" On Tue, 2021-05-18 at 11:27 +0200, Christian Ehrhardt wrote: > Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt > --- > README | 8 ++++++++ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) >=20 > diff --git a/README b/README > index 70f4320..920cf3c 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ The 'devtools/get-maintainer.sh' tool from the DPDK = repository is used to > compile the list of maintainers to CC for each patch. A configuration fi= le > needs to be set up first, see the script itself for instructions. > =20 > +If you use GIT_AM_PAUSE_ON_FAIL=3D"yes" you can call 3-request-backport = without > +a list and it will process patches in xx.yy.z/tmp_import/list that it do= es > +not find as applied in the git history from the current head. > + > +If you want to manually keep lists the format needed is multiple lines o= f: > + "commit-id path-to-patch-file" > +Patch files could be created via `git format-patch -1` or similar. > + > 4-final-review > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Acked-by: Luca Boccassi --=20 Kind regards, Luca Boccassi