Patch policy update #318
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Patches will be moved into the folders in a later commit as part of this PR. |
paulmenzel
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| # SONiC - Kernel | ||
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| ## Description | ||
| This repository contains the scripts and patches to build the kernel for SONiC. SONiC uses the same kernel for all platforms. We prefer to out-of-tree kernel platform modules. We accept kernel patches on following conditions: | ||
| This repository contains the scripts and patches to build the kernel for SONiC. SONiC uses the same kernel for all amd64 platforms (armhf and arm64 platforms currently have platform-specific kernels). We accept kernel patches on following conditions: |
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I’d add one dot/period before after platforms before starting the ()., and move the dot/period at the end inside the (), as it’s a full sentence.
| - Please include the original upstream commit ID and message in the patch or the PR description. This allows the maintainer to remove upstream patches during the kernel upgrade. | ||
| - Those patches will be upstreamed or are in the process of being upstreamed. | ||
| - If being upstreamed, please include a link to the mail thread in the patch or PR description. | ||
| - Those patches don't make sense to be upstreamed, either because they're applicable only within SONiC or they would break some general use case. |
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Maybe make that a separate commit with a separate discussion. In my opinion, all code needs to be upstreamed. Maybe add, that there needs to be a convincing explanation, why code cannot be upstreamed.
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Patches will be moved into separate folders in a later commit. Signed-off-by: Saikrishna Arcot <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Saikrishna Arcot <[email protected]>
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Signed-off-by: Saikrishna Arcot <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Saikrishna Arcot <[email protected]>
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Is there a clear distinction between the two? Perhaps the formatting changes done in the second half of the document as a separate PR? |
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Update the repo's
README.mdfile to cover the current policies for accepting kernel patches.Also update the CODEOWNERS file with the current team name, so that maintainers get notified of PRs.