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| author | Dave Chiluk <chiluk@canonical.com> | 2014-06-24 19:11:26 +0400 |
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| committer | Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com> | 2014-09-25 07:49:09 +0400 |
| commit | b402b721ef70eb296aa63ec54181167525b67a5a (patch) | |
| tree | d77742bee4393d6561278b0c8dc3467438ac84cc | |
| parent | 9f089cfb4be27efe7c1cd1d6261da02496820441 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b402b721ef70eb296aa63ec54181167525b67a5a.tar.xz | |
stable_kernel_rules: Add pointer to netdev-FAQ for network patches
commit b76fc285337b6b256e9ba20a40cfd043f70c27af upstream.
Stable_kernel_rules should point submitters of network stable patches to the
netdev_FAQ.txt as requests for stable network patches should go to netdev
first.
Signed-off-by: Dave Chiluk <chiluk@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index b0714d8f678a..8dfb6a5f427d 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: + - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable + submission guidelines as described in + Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to stable@vger.kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog of your submission, as well as the kernel version you wish |