Commit 56dee47a authored by Dave Chiluk's avatar Dave Chiluk Committed by Ben Hutchings

stable_kernel_rules: Add pointer to netdev-FAQ for network patches

commit b76fc285 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: default avatarDave Chiluk <chiluk@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
parent 60d940c6
...@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the ...@@ -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: 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 - 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 stable@vger.kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the
changelog of your submission. changelog of your submission.
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