From 8381b5e88a19b780f19fc52b7dd67f2b05d07dca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:36:04 -0800 Subject: stable: update documentation to ask for kernel version It would save me an email round-trip asking which stable tree(s) that a patch should be applied to, so document that the tree number should be specified in the email request. Reported-by: Tomoya MORINAGA Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 21fd05c28e7..f0ab5cf28fc 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to stable@vger.kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the - changelog of your submission. + changelog of your submission, as well as the kernel version you wish + it to be applied to. - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to -- cgit v1.2.3