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Commit c9655840 authored by Florian Fainelli's avatar Florian Fainelli Committed by David S. Miller
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Documentation: networking: Add blurb about patches in patchwork 



Explain that the patch queue in patchwork should not be touched by patch
submitters.

Signed-off-by: default avatarFlorian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent b5087b42

Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt

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@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ A: Generally speaking, the patches get triaged quickly (in less than 48h). 
   patch is a good way to ensure your patch is ignored or pushed to

   the bottom of the priority list.



Q: I submitted multiple versions of the patch series, should I directly update

   patchwork for the previous versions of these patch series?



A: No, please don't interfere with the patch status on patchwork, leave it to

   the maintainer to figure out what is the most recent and current version that

   should be applied. If there is any doubt, the maintainer will reply and ask

   what should be done.



Q: How can I tell what patches are queued up for backporting to the

   various stable releases?