On 04/02/2020 03:23, Ye Xiaolong wrote: > Hi, Kevin > > On 02/03, Kevin Traynor wrote: >> On 13/01/2020 05:59, Ye, Xiaolong wrote: > > [snip] > >>>> -----Original Message----- >> Hi Xiaolong/Beilei/Qi Z, >> >> Some of these patches are tagged to go to 'S'table and are 'F'ixes, >> while others are also fixes for older releases but not tagged to go to >> stable. >> >> No issue with not backporting patches (in fact i would prefer not if >> some doubts), but want to check if the stable tag was missed by accident? >> >> Also, note that Fw listed is v6.01 for 18.11, (v7.00 for 19.11) so >> changes would need to be compatible with that. > > Yes, some of the stable tags were missed deliberately since the new base code > update is for FW 7.1/7.2, it's not guaranteed to be compatible with old FW. > >> >> 20.02 8f33cbcfa S F net/i40e/base: fix buffer address (16.04) >> 20.02 4b3da9415 S F net/i40e/base: fix error message (1.7.0) >> 20.02 1da546c39 - F net/i40e/base: fix missing link modes (17.08) >> 20.02 79bfe7808 S F net/i40e/base: fix Tx descriptors number (1.7.0) >> 20.02 50126939c - F net/i40e/base: fix retrying logic (18.02) >> 20.02 b330a1c5c - F net/i40e/base: fix display of FEC settings (17.08) >> 20.02 03ef7d47f - F net/i40e/base: add new link speed constants (17.08) >> > > I would suggest we only backport below obvious fixes to stable releases. > > 20.02 8f33cbcfa S F net/i40e/base: fix buffer address (16.04) > 20.02 4b3da9415 S F net/i40e/base: fix error message (1.7.0) > 20.02 79bfe7808 S F net/i40e/base: fix Tx descriptors number (1.7.0) > 20.02 50126939c - F net/i40e/base: fix retrying logic (18.02) >
Thanks for confirming Xialong, I will backport the ones you suggest. Kevin. > Thanks, > Xiaolong > >> Please confirm on patches above missing stable tag. For time being I >> will only consider ones with stable tag. >> >> thanks, >> Kevin. >> >
