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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH for-4.14.y 0/5] e1000e: Upstream fixes for linux-4.14.y
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On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 06:23:32PM +0530, Amit Pundir wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Found few e100e upstream fixes from Benjamin Poirier in lede
> source tree, https://git.lede-project.org/?p=source.git, and
> these fixes seem reasonable enough for 4.14.y too.
> 
> Also submitting an e1000e buffer overrun fix by Sasha Neftin.
> 
> Cherry-picked and build tested for linux v4.14.2 for ARCH=arm/arm64.


Any reason you did not cc: the maintainers for this driver and their
mailing list?

Also, why is the maintainers of this driver not marking anything for
stable?  They never do, is that for a reason?

thanks,

greg k-h