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From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] staging: et131x: Fix errors caused by
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:32:55AM +0300, Anca Emanuel wrote:
> Do you have this hardware ? And did you test this ?

Mark is the maintainer of this driver, I assume he has the hardware, if
not, I don't care, I trust him :)

> How can you cc stable without an Tested by somebody else ?

Since when is a tested-by a requirement for a stable@ marking?  Please
read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for the details.

thanks,

greg k-h