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| author | Dave Chiluk <chiluk@canonical.com> | 2014-06-24 10:11:26 -0500 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-09-05 16:28:33 -0700 |
| commit | 38d467b3effd465be24a20e2d861b9049d4f333f (patch) | |
| tree | 41075080e6217e6b4416574532cc1bbb537c5b9a /Documentation | |
| parent | 7f363d2d04aa06a58619ffb5f22a84ae4f362c17 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-38d467b3effd465be24a20e2d861b9049d4f333f.tar.gz lwn-38d467b3effd465be24a20e2d861b9049d4f333f.zip | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -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 |