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

[Lu, Wenzhuo]

Hi Yuanhan,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yuanhan Liu [mailto:yuanhan.liu at linux.intel.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 9:40 AM
> To: Lu, Wenzhuo
> Cc: Qiu, Michael; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on
> Intel X550 NIC
> 
> 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
Thanks for the suggestion!