Hello.
On 05/09/2018 02:06 AM, David Miller wrote: > From: Stefan Schmidt <ste...@osg.samsung.com> > Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 21:55:37 +0200 > >> On 05/08/2018 04:18 PM, David Miller wrote: >>> Please submit the -stable fix directly, you can feel free to CC: me. >> Will do when the patch hits Linus git tree. >> >> I have a quick question on the process here. From the netdev-faq document >> I was under the impression all stable patches under net/ and drivers/net >> should be brought up to you and would be handled by you. >> >> Does this apply to the core part of net (I fully understand that ieee802154 >> is rather a niche) or is there some other reason for this exception? >> >> Both processes (the normal stable one as well as the slightly different one >> for net/) would be fine to go with for me. Just need to know which one I >> should use for future stable patches. :-) >> >> regards >> Stefan Schmidt > Generally wireless and ipsec have been submitting them directly, > sometimes the Intel ethernet guys do too. > > Sometimes this makes things easier for me, and I'll ask you to submit > things directly when that is the case like right now. Thanks for taking the time to explain it. I will go ahead and handle the stable patches for ieee802154 directly from now on. If you want to have this changed again just let me know. regards Stefan Schmidt
