Re: [Xen-devel] Patch for Xen 4.1.1 not working with LVM volumes and pygrub on NetBSD

[Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@xxxxxxx>]

On 06/28/11 14:57, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Roger Pau Monné writes ("[Xen-devel] Patch for Xen 4.1.1 not working with LVM 
> volumes and pygrub on NetBSD"):
> > Xen 4.1.1 was incorrectly passing /dev/rmapper/vg-lvname to pygrub
> > (notice the r in front of mapper), when it should pass
> > /dev/mapper/rvg-lvname (add the r to the last file) when using NetBSD.
> > I've patched it to work correctly. I'm attaching a unified diff with
> > the patch made against Xen 4.1.1 (it's a really simple modification).
> Thanks, I have applied your patch.
>
> Next time, though, can you please be sure to add a Signed-off-by line,
> to signify your certification in accordance with the Developer's
> Certificate of Origin ?  In this case I'll go ahead as it's only a
> single line.

The signed-off-by lines are not common in the BSD world:
http://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html

> > From Documentation/SubmittingPatches in the Linux kernel tree:
>          Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1

Xen kernel != Linux kernel

If you want people to follow the Linux kernel guidelines this should
be explicitely documented somewhere easy to find even for someone not
familiar with the Linux community.

Christoph


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