Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:35:47 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [Stable-review] 4 stable kernel review cycles starting |
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On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 01:23:43PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > David Miller wrote: > > From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> > > Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:40:48 +0200 > > > >> For this reason, IMHO it helps when submitters can indicate in each > >> patch the mainline equivalent ID, or alternatively that it's pointless > >> to look for it because the fix is much different. > > > > I put this at the top of every networking/ide/sparc commit message > > for -stable submissions I make. > > > > In fact I thought that was a requirement for -stable submissions? > > It is a documented requirement, perhaps not very clearly worded in The > Submitter's Guide To Stable... > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=46cdf871d9970b9252469531f9efd4a17243bb0b
Patches always welcome to make that file easier to understand.
thanks,
greg k-h
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