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

[Qiu, Michael]

On 2/1/2016 9:38 AM, Yuanhan Liu wrote:
> 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

Yes, in my view, cover letter is a good place, but as want to be in git
log history, it would be better to include in the right patch of the
feature, because most of time, the first patch is not core related to
new feature, perhaps only some prepare code.

My opinion is to explain it where it first be mentioned in the code.

But again, it OK for Yuanhan's solution, the only thing you want to do
is think you are a reviewer, and want to review you patch, what do you want.

Thanks,
Michael