Re: [dpdk-stable] please check if patch 'net/cxgbe: fix other misc build issues for Windows' is applicable to LTS release 17.11.6

[Yongseok Koh <yskoh@mellanox.com>]

> On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:13 AM, Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy@chelsio.com> wrote:
> 
> On Friday, March 03/08/19, 2019 at 23:39:01 +0530, Yongseok Koh wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Even though the patch doesn't have "Cc: stable@dpdk.org" tag or "Fixes:" tag,
>> the commit log says it fixes some issue. Tags might be mistakenly missed. We
>> don't want to miss any fixes for stable releases. That's why I'm sending this
>> email.
>> 
>> Please send backports if you think the patch should be merged to LTS release 17.11.6
>> Or, let me know if you have any comments, say, need more time, or it's worthless
>> to backport it. And please send it to "stable@dpdk.org", but not "dev@dpdk.org".
>> 
>> FYI, branch 17.11 is located at tree:
>>   git://dpdk.org/dpdk-stable
>> 
>> It'd be great if you could do that in one or two weeks. Also, please add a
>> heading line like below before the commit log body:
>>    [ backported from upstream commit xxx ]
>> 
>> Example: https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdpdk.org%2Fbrowse%2Fdpdk-stable%2Fcommit%2F%3Fh%3D16.07%26id%3Dc4831394c7d1944d8ec27d52c22997f20d19718e&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cyskoh%40mellanox.com%7C557b5b77ae9d4d67632e08d6a5418ea6%7Ca652971c7d2e4d9ba6a4d149256f461b%7C0%7C0%7C636878098323509754&amp;sdata=sQgQqWONbvvx0sM34wJlz%2B8qiBlWmnaMdS%2FSohty%2B7E%3D&amp;reserved=0
>> 
>> Also please mention the target LTS in the subject line, as we have
>> more than one at the same time, for example:
>> 
>>    [PATCH 17.11] foo/bar: fix baz
>> 
>> With git send-email, this can be achieved by appending the parameter:
>> 
>>    --subject-prefix='17.11'
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Yongseok
>> 
> 
> Don't backport this patch. It fixes compilation errors reported by
> Intel C++ Compiler for the upcoming DPDK Windows OS support, and
> hence is unnecessary to backport to older stable releases that don't
> have DPDK Windows OS support.

Thanks for confirming.
Yongseok