From: Dave Chiluk Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:11:26 +0000 (-0500) Subject: stable_kernel_rules: Add pointer to netdev-FAQ for network patches X-Git-Tag: v3.2.64~232 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=56dee47aa4a619a6b786f12fef8281a4db6771fb 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 Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- 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.