Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: dsa: microchip: add KSZ9896 switch support
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
Date: 2022-08-31 15:51:12
From: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
Date: 2022-08-31 15:51:12
On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 05:43:27PM +0200, Romain Naour wrote:
The patch was runtime tested on a 6.0-rc2 kernel and a second time on a 6.0-rc3 kernel but not on net-next. Is it ok with rc releases or do I need to test on net-next too?
The kernel development process is that you normally test a patch on the git tree on which it is to be eventually applied. The net-next.git tree is periodically (weekly) merged with the 6.0 release candidates where bug fixes land, but it contains newly developed material intended for the 6.1 release candidates (hence the "next" name). If you keep formatting development patches against the plain 6.0 release candidates, you may eventually run into a conflict with some other new development, and you may never even know.