Re: kernel -2.6.35.13 longterm

[Stephen Clark <sclark46@earthlink.net>]

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.
>> 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.

>> 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?
> greg k-h
>
>
Thanks for the response - I'll see if I can get all the info and do a proper 
submission.

Regards,
Steve

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