| Message ID | 20220702031209.790535-4-kuba@kernel.org (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | 5d407ca7389261c002c49068e4a11ed3bff0fc8e |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | docs: netdev: document more of our rules | expand |
On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 08:12:09PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > Summarize the rules we see broken most often and which may > be less familiar to kernel devs who are used to working outside > of netdev. > > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Andrew
diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index 8a9dae7a0524..d14007081595 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ netdev FAQ ========== +tl;dr +----- + + - designate your patch to a tree - ``[PATCH net]`` or ``[PATCH net-next]`` + - for fixes the ``Fixes:`` tag is required, regardless of the tree + - don't post large series (> 15 patches), break them up + - don't repost your patches within one 24h period + - reverse xmas tree + What is netdev? --------------- It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff. This
Summarize the rules we see broken most often and which may be less familiar to kernel devs who are used to working outside of netdev. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> --- Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)