Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:29:18 +0100 | From | Andreas Mohr <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -stable] Add USB PID for new MOSCHIP USB ethernet controller MCS7832 variant |
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[trimmed receivers since it's less relevant]
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 01:13:54PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:05:10PM +0100, Andreas Mohr wrote: > > From having read that perhaps 2 or 3 times (randomly) > > and following a couple dozen -stable mails I had the impression that > > remembering the constraints would be quite easy; obviously not - sorry! > > Did have some doubts about the number of hunks, though. > > And obviously violated the "must be upstream" rule. > > > > So what to do? > > Read the line in that file that says: > - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, > add the tag > Cc: stable@kernel.org > in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be > applied to the stable tree without anything else needing to > be done by the author or subsystem maintainer. > > > Shovel patch as-is to networking only (optionally specifying the > > somewhat unclearly formulated Cc: stable mechanism)? > > Or rather minimalist-reduce the patch, then dito? > > See above.
Hmm, that doesn't fully answer it. Anyway, I know what I'll do.
> > > Sometimes I wonder why we even write documentation if no one ever reads > > > it... > > > > I could also mention some (strangely familiar) cases where people _didn't_ > > write kernel docs which many people likely would have liked to read > > to avoid wasting half-millions of dollars... *smirk* > > Examples? And are those people likely to put up the money to write > those docs? That's the big problem, people like to complain, but not > pay anyone to do the work...
I was sheepishly referring to an earlier patch. Indeed, there's too much complaining and a dearth of activity sometimes.
> thanks, > > greg k-h
Andreas Mohr
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