Hi Greg, Am 22.05.2013 21:06, schrieb Greg KH:> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 08:16:25PM +0200, Smart Weblications GmbH - Florian Wiessner wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> Am 22.05.2013 18:23, schrieb Greg KH: >>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 06:16:11PM +0200, Smart Weblications GmbH - Florian Wiessner wrote: >>>> Am 22.05.2013 15:57, schrieb Greg KH: >>>>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 01:36:09PM +0200, Smart Weblications GmbH - Florian Wiessner wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> why is this patch still not backported to 3.4? >>>>>> >>>>>> I today tried 3.4.46 from kernel.org, but the patch STILL seems _NOT_ included? >>>>>> >>>>>> WHY IS THAT? >>>>> >>>>> <formletter> >>>>> >>>>> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the >>>>> stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt >>>>> for how to do this properly. >>>>> >>>>> </formletter> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't want to submit a patch - i wanted to know why this patch still is not in >>>> the kernel (it is afaics at least 6 months old!) >>> >>> Perhaps because it was not submitted properly as documented above? >>> >> >> Well, i don't know. I have not written that patch, but tested and applied it >> against 3.4.36 where it worked fine. >> >> But i am unable to apply it to 3.4.46 (there are rejects if i try to apply it, >> obviously because there were changes in the meanwhile) - It would be cool if >> someone could tell if that patch is really needed anymore with 3.4.46. >> >> I am no C coder and only have little C experience, but i'd like to use this >> patch with current 3.4 stable Kernel or at least make sure that this patch is >> not needed anymore with current stable kernels... > > Why do you think that it is needed? And does it match up to a specific > change that is already in Linus's tree? That is a requirement here. > It is needed, because without it (at least in 3.4.36) virtualized guests (kvm/qemu) are unable to use br0 (bridge) if the bridge uses a bond with mode 6 (balance-alb). https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/net-next/+/567b871e503316b0927e54a3d7c86d50b722d955%5E!/ http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1302.0/00539.html Thanks, -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Florian Wiessner Smart Weblications GmbH Martinsberger Str. 1 D-95119 Naila fon.: +49 9282 9638 200 fax.: +49 9282 9638 205 24/7: +49 900 144 000 00 - 0,99 EUR/Min* http://www.smart-weblications.de -- Sitz der Gesellschaft: Naila Geschäftsführer: Florian Wiessner HRB-Nr.: HRB 3840 Amtsgericht Hof *aus dem dt. Festnetz, ggf. abweichende Preise aus dem Mobilfunknetz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html