The following is the method used to generate these patches:
-1. Git clone the DPDK to a new directory:
+1. Git clone the package to a new directory:
# git clone http://dpdk.org/git/dpdk dpdk
-2. Create a branch based on the DPDK release you wish to patch.
+2. Create a branch based on the release you wish to patch.
Note, “git tag” will show you all the release tags. The following example is
-for DPDK release tag “v2.2.0” and will create a branch named “two_dot_two”.
- # cd dpdk
+for release tag “v2.2.0” and will create a branch named “two_dot_two”.
+ # cd <root dir>
# git checkout -b two_dot_two v2.2.0
-3. Apply all the existing VPP DPDK patches to this new branch.
- # git am <VPP directory>/dpdk/dpdk-2.2.0_patches/*
+3. Apply all the existing patches to this new branch.
+ # git am </path/to/existing/patches/*>
-4. Make your changes and commit your change to your DPDK repository.
+4. Make your changes and commit your change to your repository.
# <edit files>
# git commit -s
for your branch (two_dot_two), with your latest commits as the last ones.
# git format-patch master..two_dot_two
-6. Copy, add and commit the new patches into the VPP patches directory.
- # cp <new patch files> <VPP directory>/dpdk/dpdk-2.2.0_patches
- # cd <VPP directory>
- # git add dpdk/dpdk-2.2.0_patches/<new patch files>
- # git commit -s
+6. Copy, add and commit the new patches into the patches directory.