On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 12:08:11PM -0600, Philip Prindeville wrote: > On 4/11/11 1:29 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:54:02AM -0600, Philip Prindeville wrote: > >> From: Philip A. Prindeville <[email protected]> > >> > >> Don't flap VCs when carrier state changes; higher-level protocols > >> can detect loss of connectivity and act accordingly. This is more > >> consistent with how other network interfaces work. > >> > >> We no longer use release_vccs() so we can delete it. > >> > >> release_vccs() was duplicated from net/atm/common.c; make the > >> corresponding function exported, since other code duplicates it > >> and could leverage it if it were public. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Philip A. Prindeville <[email protected]> > >> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> > >> --- > >> drivers/atm/solos-pci.c | 26 +------------------------- > >> include/linux/atmdev.h | 1 + > >> net/atm/common.c | 1 + > >> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) > > Um, why did you send this to the [email protected] alias? > > > > Please go read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to submit > > patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. > > > > confused, > > > > greg k-h > > Sorry, I submitted to 'netdev' originally and forgot to Cc stable at the time. > > So other than that, what other steps did I overlook?
If the patch is in Linus's tree, we need to know that, and the git commit id of the patch. Also we need to know which kernel tree you want it applied to. The file, stable_kernel_rules.txt should have said that. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ stable mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
