Commit 5d84921a authored by Jakub Kicinski's avatar Jakub Kicinski Committed by Paolo Abeni

docs: netdev: shorten the name and mention msgid for patch status

Cut down the length of the question so it renders better in docs.
Mention that Message-ID can be used to search patchwork.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarFlorian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
parent 0e242e3f
...@@ -105,14 +105,16 @@ and note the top of the "tags" section. If it is rc1, it is early in ...@@ -105,14 +105,16 @@ and note the top of the "tags" section. If it is rc1, it is early in
the dev cycle. If it was tagged rc7 a week ago, then a release is the dev cycle. If it was tagged rc7 a week ago, then a release is
probably imminent. probably imminent.
I sent a patch and I'm wondering what happened to it - how can I tell whether it got merged? How can I tell the status of a patch I've sent?
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Start by looking at the main patchworks queue for netdev: Start by looking at the main patchworks queue for netdev:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/ https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/
The "State" field will tell you exactly where things are at with your The "State" field will tell you exactly where things are at with your
patch. patch. Patches are indexed by the ``Message-ID`` header of the emails
which carried them so if you have trouble finding your patch append
the value of ``Message-ID`` to the URL above.
The above only says "Under Review". How can I find out more? The above only says "Under Review". How can I find out more?
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