From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751875Ab1GERi1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:38:27 -0400 Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:55829 "EHLO out5.smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751792Ab1GERi0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jul 2011 13:38:26 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: /+EMU2xTuilC/SbWp/pCnBo8pFUz0DCQ3be+AUKVpNFi 1309887505 Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 10:38:04 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Stephen Clark Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: kernel -2.6.35.13 longterm Message-ID: <20110705173804.GA11421@kroah.com> References: <4E13212D.3020005@earthlink.net> <20110705150557.GA2348@kroah.com> <4E134ACB.9020002@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E134ACB.9020002@earthlink.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 01:32:59PM -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: > On 07/05/2011 11:05 AM, Greg KH wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:35:25AM -0400, Stephen Clark wrote: > > > >>Hello, > >> > >>Is it possible to get the following patches included in the longterm kernel > >>2.6.35.13? > >> > >Possibly, but you need to email the correct person and email address, > >none of which you did :) > > > >Try stable@kernel.org, and the .35-longterm maintainer (hint, it's not > >me.) > > > > > Ok - hmmm maintainers in 2.6.35.13 still lists you - but I'll look > at a later kernel maintainers file. It's not really obvious who is in charge, the -longterm maintainer really should put their name there. I think for .35 it's Andi Kleen. > >>They let linux behave according to: > >> > >>"Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers > >> draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-cpe-router-09" > >> > >That looks like a new feature, not a regression or bugfix, right? > > > >Did you read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt? > > > > > Not til just now. Yes it is a new feature, but with IPV6 it is seems > that it would be of use. > I know that my company needs it as we are moving off of FreeBSD to Linux for our > fw/vpn/router appliance. The alternative is to just keep applying the patch myself. As described above, new features are not for stable or longterm kernels, sorry. I recommend just applying it yourself if you really are stuck with the .35 kernel. > >>From: Thomas Graf > >>Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: add special mode accept_ra=2 to accept RA > >>while configured as router > >>Date: Friday, September 3, 2010 - 5:59 am > >> > >> > >You forgot to mention what the git commit id this is upstream in Linus's > >branch, and to copy the people involved in the original patch (author, > >subsystem maintainer, etc.) to see if they agree it should go in. > > > > > How in the world do you get the commit info? >>From the original patch and Linus's git tree? Also, look at scripts/get_maintainer.pl it will show you who to send stuff to. Hope this helps, greg k-h