From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759981AbaIOXFG (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:05:06 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:50753 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757500AbaIOWNd (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:13:33 -0400 From: Kamal Mostafa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Dave Chiluk , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Kamal Mostafa Subject: [PATCH 3.13 069/187] stable_kernel_rules: Add pointer to netdev-FAQ for network patches Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:07:59 -0700 Message-Id: <1410818997-9432-70-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1410818997-9432-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> References: <1410818997-9432-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.13 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.13.11.7 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Dave Chiluk 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: Kamal Mostafa --- Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index b0714d8..8dfb6a5 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 -- 1.9.1