From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: question re: net-2.6 and net-next-2.6 trees re: patch submission Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:01:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100430.190145.45137187.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1272675194.21110.9.camel@Linuxdev3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net, rfiler@sierrawireless.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: epasheva@sierrawireless.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:41473 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757647Ab0EACBl (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:01:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1272675194.21110.9.camel@Linuxdev3> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Elina Pasheva Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:53:14 -0700 > If I submit a new driver to net-2.6 tree (e.g. sierra_net driver that > was applied to net-2.6 tree) where do I submit subsequent patches for > that driver - net-2.6 tree or net-next-2.6 tree? It depends upon the severity of the fix. At this stage in the game on the most serious fixes are going in, fixes for things that cause crashes and the like. However since a new driver we might be a little bit more lenient since changes to a new driver can harm less people.