[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC

[Yuanhan Liu]

On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 01:04:52AM +0000, Lu, Wenzhuo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Qiu, Michael
> > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 3:16 PM
> > To: Lu, Wenzhuo; dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on
> > Intel X550 NIC
> > 
> > Hi, Wenzhuo
> > 
> > Better to explain what E-tag is, so that reviewers could known it.
> Yes, it's better. But not sure where should I add this info. In release note or just cover letter? Any suggestion? Thanks.

It should be done in the first patch introduced E-tag, so that it will
be in the git log history. And of course, it does no harm at all to
mention (briefly) it again in cover letter, so that reviewer/maintainer
has a brief understanding of your whole patchset first.

	--yliu