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| author | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> | 2010-08-04 13:59:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> | 2010-08-04 13:59:13 +0200 |
| commit | 772320e84588dcbe1600ffb83e5f328f2209ac2a (patch) | |
| tree | a7de21b79340aeaa17c58126f6b801b82c77b53a /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | |
| parent | 1ce53adf13a54375d2a5c7cdbe341b2558389615 (diff) | |
| parent | 9fe6206f400646a2322096b56c59891d530e8d51 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.35' into kbuild/kbuild
Conflicts:
arch/powerpc/Makefile
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 5effa5bd993b..e213f45cf9d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, whitespace cleanups, etc). - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. - - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree. Quote the - respective commit ID in Linus' tree in your patch submission to -stable. + - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream). Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to - stable@kernel.org. - - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the - the tag + stable@kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog + of your submission. + - 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 |