Re: pull-request: ieee802154 2018-05-08

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Hello.


On 05/09/2018 02:06 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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
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