How to Submit Patches for Open vSwitch
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-Send changes to Open vSwitch as patches to discuss@openvswitch.org.
+Send changes to Open vSwitch as patches to dev@openvswitch.org.
One patch per email, please. More details are included below.
If you are using Git, then "git format-patch" takes care of most of
- A patch that modifies Linux kernel code should be at least
build-tested on various Linux kernel versions before
- submission. I suggest versions 2.6.18, 2.6.27, and whatever
+ submission. I suggest versions 2.6.32 and whatever
the current latest release version is at the time.
- A patch that modifies the ofproto or vswitchd code should be
If the patch refers to a commit already in the Open vSwitch
repository, please include both the commit number and the subject of
-the patch, e.g. 'commit 632d136c "vswitch: Remove restriction on
-datapath names."'.
+the patch, e.g. 'commit 632d136c (vswitch: Remove restriction on
+datapath names.)'.
If you, the person sending the patch, did not write the patch
yourself, then the very first line of the body should take the form
author(s) sign off for patches that you did not author.
Simply include your name and email address as the last line of the commit
-messge before any comments (and author too, if that is not you):
+message before any comments (and author too, if that is not you):
Signed-off-by: Author Name <author.name@email.address...>
Signed-off-by: Submitter Name <submitter.name@email.address...>