Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754194AbbKXQHm (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:07:42 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:47325 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753598AbbKXQHk (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:07:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:07:39 -0500 From: Jarod Wilson To: David Miller Cc: ldap.tester@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: severe regression in alx ethernet driver Message-ID: <20151124160739.GG38006@redhat.com> References: <20151123.111530.2081520486357118720.davem@davemloft.net> <20151123.111610.2054291192576855643.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20151123.111610.2054291192576855643.davem@davemloft.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1315 Lines: 34 On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:16:10AM -0500, David Miller wrote: > 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. They do at least have a signed-off-by in the patches attached to the bug, so I'm working on touching up the descriptions and formatting, regression testing them on my laptop that has an alx-driven E2200 in it (which isn't affected by this bug), and then I can ship them up for proper review. -- Jarod Wilson jarod@redhat.com -- 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/