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Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:43:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.67.48.245] ([192.19.223.252]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id i126-20020a62c184000000b006da96503d9fsm10032245pfg.109.2024.01.16.10.43.04 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:43:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4afe24a1-9281-41ef-98ff-7d32872afe66@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:43:03 -0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [ANN] netdev call - Jan 16th Content-Language: en-US To: Andy Gospodarek , Andrew Lunn Cc: John Fastabend , Jakub Kicinski , netdev@vger.kernel.org, netdev-driver-reviewers@vger.kernel.org References: <20240115175440.09839b84@kernel.org> <65a6a0cf8a810_41466208c2@john.notmuch> <52a1f5ed-37d0-431b-8faf-b2e5bbb659f7@lunn.ch> From: Florian Fainelli In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 1/16/24 08:12, Andy Gospodarek wrote: > On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 05:10:31PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: >>> Thanks, John. >>> >>> This one is a bit odd what happened is that by the time this problem was >>> reported (on an older kernel), the code changed out from underneath. >> >> Hi Andy >> >> Talk to Florian >> >> He has dealt with Fixes like this in the past. It generally works out >> fine so long as you are explicit about what is going on, in comments >> under the ---. That, plus correctly marking what kernel version the >> patch is for. >> >> Andrew > > Will do! I know where to find him! Hi there! It looks like doing a "targeted" set of fixes for pre-6.6 kernels is appropriate so you would just want to submit them with a [PATCH stable X.Y] subject to clearly denote which stable branch they apply against, and have a cover letter that explains why. -- Florian