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3535 Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree
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- - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable
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- submission guidelines as described in
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- after first checking the stable networking queue at
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- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?series=&submitter=&state=*&q=&archive=
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- to ensure the requested patch is not already queued up.
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-Additionally, some patches submitted via Option 1 may have additional patch
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-prerequisites which can be cherry-picked. This can be specified in the following
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-format in the sign-off area:
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+Additionally, some patches submitted via :ref:`option_1` may have additional
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+patch prerequisites which can be cherry-picked. This can be specified in the
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+following format in the sign-off area:
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174168 - The finalized and tagged releases of all stable kernels can be found
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+ - The release candidate of all stable kernel versions can be found at:
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+ .. warning::
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+ The -stable-rc tree is a snapshot in time of the stable-queue tree and
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+ will change frequently, hence will be rebased often. It should only be
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+ used for testing purposes (e.g. to be consumed by CI systems).
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