diff options
| author | Dave Chiluk <chiluk@canonical.com> | 2014-06-24 10:11:26 -0500 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> | 2014-09-13 23:41:37 +0100 |
| commit | 56dee47aa4a619a6b786f12fef8281a4db6771fb (patch) | |
| tree | 23d64927344f3ef8c1499b5f1e65e9bf72f8fc26 /Documentation | |
| parent | 60d940c6fd6252f6307ecacd49acac54cc6d8e8d (diff) | |
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>
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 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. |