Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> : [...] > diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > index b0714d8..a2d6da0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt > @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the > > Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: > > + - The networking tree (net/ and drivers/net/) is 'special' and doesn't > + follow the rules below. Don't send or cc: patches for the -stable tree to > + stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Don't mark them stable. Just send the patches to > + netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and let the networking maintainer decide what to do > + with them. David said "simply ask me to queue them up for -stable explicitly". He did not say "send the patches and let me decide what to do with them". -- Ueimor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html