14/11/2018 20:39, Christian Ehrhardt: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 3:33 PM Christian Ehrhardt > <christian.ehrha...@canonical.com> wrote: > > > > Add the machine definition 'default' which is special compared > > to 'native' (most optimized for current system) or any explicit > > type (external entity has to decide on the type). > > > > It defaults to the per arch agreed common minimal baseline > > needed for DPDK to reasonable work. > > > > That might not be the most optimized, but the most portable > > version while still being able to support the CPU features > > required for DPDK. > > > > Going forward this can be bumped up by the DPDK project, but it > > can never be an invariant like 'native'. > > > > Distributions and other needing portable code are expected to > > define the machine as 'default'. > > > > Changes in v2: > > - fixed the non 64 bit arm default type > > - changed baseline to default to match the old build system > > > > Changes in v3: > > - add acked-by's > > - removed old wording from commit message > > - adding Fixes line per request by Luca Boccassi > > FYI: I'll drop the version update from the commit (I didn't have a > cover letter to add them instead).
You don't need a cover letter for changelogs. You can insert it after --- Usually, I insert changelogs between two --- lines.
