Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753394AbbKWQQO (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:16:14 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:53387 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751200AbbKWQQL (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:16:11 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:16:10 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20151123.111610.2054291192576855643.davem@davemloft.net> To: ldap.tester@gmail.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: severe regression in alx ethernet driver From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20151123.111530.2081520486357118720.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20151123.111530.2081520486357118720.davem@davemloft.net> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.6 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Mon, 23 Nov 2015 08:16:11 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 888 Lines: 23 From: David Miller Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:15:30 -0500 (EST) > From: Ldap Tester > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:00:08 -0300 > >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70761 > > Patches sitting in a bugzilla entry will simply rot. > > For upstream inclusion someone must formally submit them to the netdev > mailing list, with proper commit message, signoffs, etc. and then the > patch must be fully reviewed by the community. > > Only then will it be applied and make it upstream. And amusingly, the final comment in that bugzilla is someone asking the patch author to do exactly this. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/