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authorDave Chiluk <chiluk@canonical.com>2014-06-24 19:11:26 +0400
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>2014-09-14 02:41:37 +0400
commit56dee47aa4a619a6b786f12fef8281a4db6771fb (patch)
tree23d64927344f3ef8c1499b5f1e65e9bf72f8fc26 /Documentation
parent60d940c6fd6252f6307ecacd49acac54cc6d8e8d (diff)
downloadlinux-56dee47aa4a619a6b786f12fef8281a4db6771fb.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: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
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diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 22bf11b846cc..53feeace8586 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.