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Commit fdc81b79 authored by David Daney's avatar David Daney Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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stable_kernel_rules: Add clause about specification of kernel versions to patch. 



Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
parent d82d54af

Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt

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     git cherry-pick fd21073

     git cherry-pick <this commit>



Also, some patches may have kernel version prerequisites.  This can be

specified in the following format in the sign-off area:



     Cc:  <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x-



   The tag has the meaning of:

     git cherry-pick <this commit>



   For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.



Following the submission:



 - The sender will receive an ACK when the patch has been accepted into the