NACK/Cmt: [PATCH] fbcon: Defer AND delay console takeover

Daniel van Vugt daniel.van.vugt at canonical.com
Thu Jan 25 01:20:32 UTC 2024


Please update the wiki, because I did follow the published instructions but 
clearly there are steps missing:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/KernelPatches


On 24/1/24 18:06, Roxana Nicolescu wrote:
> 
> On 24-01-2024 07:51, Daniel van Vugt wrote:
>> Hello Kernel Team,
>>
>> Please find attached a patch for a particularly visible bug LP: #1970069. And 
>> please be gentle, I haven't touched the kernel in over a decade.
>>
>> - Daniel
>>
> Hi,
> 
> It is not clear which series are of interested here. They should be included in 
> the subject.
> This page <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/StablePatchFormat> should explain 
> the format we expect. TDLR you need to send 2 emails, one for the cover letter 
> and one for the patch itself.
> We expect the subject for the cover letter to be "[SRU][<series>][PATCH 0/1] 
> <Short description of what you want to solve>"
> And then the patch should not be send as attachment, but as a separate email 
> with subject "[SRU][<Series>][PATCH 1/1] fbcon: Defer AND delay console takeover".
> Make sure you include the buglink in both. And also make sure the buglink 
> addresses the series that need to be addressed.
> 
> Now, looking at the patch, this is not upstream, so it will be a SAUCE patch. I 
> don't think the impact of this is big enough to deviate from upstream, therefore
> I am inclined to not accept it. I would recommend proposing it to upstream first.
> 
> Roxana



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