From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752648AbbCZRKj (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:10:39 -0400 Received: from mail-by2on0057.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([207.46.100.57]:28367 "EHLO na01-by2-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751278AbbCZRKf (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:10:35 -0400 Message-ID: <55143D85.4070509@caviumnetworks.com> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:10:29 -0700 From: David Daney User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130625 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Geert Uytterhoeven CC: David Daney , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , stable , Greg Kroah-Hartman , David Daney , Michael Opdenacker Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] stable_kernel_rules: Add clause about specification of kernel versions to patch. References: <1427388258-21349-1-git-send-email-ddaney.cavm@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [64.2.3.194] X-ClientProxiedBy: BN1PR07CA0069.namprd07.prod.outlook.com (10.255.193.44) To BN3PR0701MB1718.namprd07.prod.outlook.com (25.163.39.17) Authentication-Results: linux-m68k.org; dkim=none (message not signed) header.d=none; X-Microsoft-Antispam: UriScan:;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BN3PR0701MB1718; X-Microsoft-Antispam-PRVS: X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: BMV:1;SFV:NSPM;SFS:(10009020)(6009001)(479174004)(24454002)(377454003)(51704005)(164054003)(64126003)(66066001)(54356999)(76176999)(77156002)(47776003)(62966003)(33656002)(65806001)(87266999)(65956001)(99136001)(50986999)(42186005)(53416004)(80316001)(50466002)(83506001)(87976001)(19580405001)(110136001)(23676002)(122386002)(2950100001)(36756003)(40100003)(19580395003)(46102003)(92566002);DIR:OUT;SFP:1101;SCL:1;SRVR:BN3PR0701MB1718;H:dl.caveonetworks.com;FPR:;SPF:None;MLV:sfv;LANG:en; X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-Test: UriScan:; X-Exchange-Antispam-Report-CFA-Test: BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:(601004)(5005006)(5002010);SRVR:BN3PR0701MB1718;BCL:0;PCL:0;RULEID:;SRVR:BN3PR0701MB1718; X-Forefront-PRVS: 0527DFA348 X-OriginatorOrg: caviumnetworks.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Mar 2015 17:10:32.4436 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: BN3PR0701MB1718 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 03/26/2015 10:03 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi David, > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 5:44 PM, David Daney wrote: >> --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt >> @@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ format in the sign-off area: >> git cherry-pick fd21073 >> git cherry-pick >> >> +Also, some patches may have kernel version prerequisites. This can be >> +specified in the the following format in the sign-off area: > > V2 introduced "the the" (Trying to beat Michael Opdenacker) > Oh Crap! v3 Just sent to try to correct the issue. Thanks, David Daney.