Return-path: Received: from tpesmarthost.raritan.com ([220.128.57.202]:37481 "EHLO tpesmarthost.raritan.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751187AbaKFNuu (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Nov 2014 08:50:50 -0500 Message-ID: <545B7CB2.4080507@raritan.com> (sfid-20141106_145055_984268_8A283FD1) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 14:50:42 +0100 From: Ronald Wahl MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Johannes Berg CC: Arend van Spriel , , Christian Lamparter , Ard Biesheuvel Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Fix regression that triggers a kernel BUG with CCMP References: <1415267752-4704-1-git-send-email-ronald.wahl@raritan.com> <1415268135.1884.1.camel@sipsolutions.net> <545B6AD3.8020301@broadcom.com> <1415277562.17015.4.camel@sipsolutions.net> <545B7290.6060409@raritan.com> <1415279690.17015.7.camel@sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: <1415279690.17015.7.camel@sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06.11.2014 14:14, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Thu, 2014-11-06 at 14:07 +0100, Ronald Wahl wrote: > >> But there are LTS kernels not maintained by Greg like 3.12 and 3.16. How >> about these? If sending patches to stable@kernel org is optional then >> it's better to kill that list or silently drop emails send to this list >> so no errors are returned for this address. > > They can pick it up the same way though, no? Actually I think they > usually pick it up from Greg's tree anyway :) "Can" and "do" are different things. And you "think" you know what others people do but do you really "know" it? Anyway your original comment sounded a bit like "avoid sending it to the stable kernel mailinglist otherwise unwanted things might happen". In the end this raises the question why that stable kernel mailing still list exists or why there is no general rule not to send mails to it. So in the end that currently means that it is not wrong to send mail to stable@vger.kernel.org but it is your opinion that it is just not really necessary, right? - ron -- Ronald Wahl - ronald.wahl@raritan.com - Phone +49 375271349-0 Fax -99 Raritan Deutschland GmbH, Kornmarkt 7, 08056 Zwickau, Germany USt-IdNr. DE813094160, Steuer-Nr. 227/117/01749 Amtsgericht Chemnitz HRB 23605 Geschäftsführung: Stuart Hopper, Ralf Ploenes