From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received-SPF: Pass (sender SPF authorized) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=2a00:1450:400c:c09::244; helo=mail-wm0-x244.google.com; envelope-from=leif.lindholm@linaro.org; receiver=edk2-devel@lists.01.org Received: from mail-wm0-x244.google.com (mail-wm0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::244]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32FE82216D8E7 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2017 05:07:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm0-x244.google.com with SMTP id b76so17627062wmg.1 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2017 05:12:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=LO7U3E1qRW8icBAGeEllfxhYe2axLqzV3wK5OBi1fqM=; b=VmDiH+ikHeVgLPe2C5IygOgRvJ9vqIdDHgOZfHHXYVVZqSN3yywJ62fIcrNf7QTEt4 Hmnnfv0hqDQC9QpCnWYDgIFZktF+VbNvxRIZ99NJfNWXvpjKeZL7aIBEUGbTVIIc/NWM b/yLaECNSj32JtqWLkWxghpDUWg3rvrSdrY2Y= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=LO7U3E1qRW8icBAGeEllfxhYe2axLqzV3wK5OBi1fqM=; b=suGY7TfB4iyz8nTXwk9sIymGq+LwPhN4kNFHdaW1HabS5VtmUMocnpP6difUugQhFr MnAznd0MLWaP/oHtm3Kprplu/r2YTiy99Y8Z6VyqudnROMJDz4Bk72WGhAalgEvcSHuS 0O2qcyJrkZEQvOB7pJ6UpreAXYUcT1ZKlDjGFyiEQdRsVE6s6hdM/938UyDp5SwWqukP JzA91Df1LuhqEUa8uj5Mo4Csa2cgTcQSeAuxK4nH4yLd/WvKQrmiO/Rc/XdkgxWMgp/2 NtbTxZwqoR3aF4isUOj1EVDNse3IGsDH8OfIK19ayyPdNyFxnWJQ3oc3lWfwZQTxAlhx 0yFA== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mLPDgeJT9okasYxC9y10uqFDez2JS0sywqhZVTsb5nFyFcKgnG6 uWqXwUvVcCSvCkl8MZJ4k8MQRw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBouLmKcovz5XAtQPkqbMFbjxfdsJfdSBQyG8Yj3p+4rU3RYYdYt7UDyxUWn+3dqgv+zEtxV1HA== X-Received: by 10.28.175.8 with SMTP id y8mr5472191wme.21.1513343536362; Fri, 15 Dec 2017 05:12:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from bivouac.eciton.net (bivouac.eciton.net. [2a00:1098:0:86:1000:23:0:2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q15sm5180239wra.91.2017.12.15.05.12.14 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 15 Dec 2017 05:12:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:12:13 +0000 From: Leif Lindholm To: Evan Lloyd Cc: "edk2-devel (edk2-devel@lists.01.org)" , Ard Biesheuvel , Sami Mujawar , Matteo Carlini Message-ID: <20171215131213.crwu2pqbjfoomvw3@bivouac.eciton.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Subject: Re: [staging/DynamicTables] What about edk2-platforms. X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:07:36 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 06:38:14PM +0000, Evan Lloyd wrote: > We are about to submit a new (ACPI 6.2) version of Sami's Dynamic Tables module. > As suggested in previous threads, the aim is to submit it to edk2-staging. > To that end, following the instructions at https://github.com/tianocore/edk2-staging/blob/about/README > (paragraph 4 a) "Maintainer sends patch email to edk2-devel", we need to generate a patch. > > The problem is that the patch involves modules in both edk2 and edk2-platforms. > What is the best strategy to use for that scenario? > Is there any plan to have an edk2-platforms-staging? > If not, we could roll the bits of platforms into edk2-staging, but that may engender problems later. > Does anyone have any advice on how best to handle this, please? As a third responder, I feel obliged to offer a third opinion. My instinctive reaction is to set up a devel-dynamictables branch in edk2-platforms, that rebases periodically on master and maintains alignment as required with the edk2-staging branch. / Leif