Re: [PATCH -next] bridge: depends on INET

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Mar 03 2010 - 23:02:56 EST


On 03/03/10 19:18, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:08:23 -0800
>>
>>> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> br_multicast calls ip_send_check(), so it should depend on INET.
>>>
>>> built-in:
>>> br_multicast.c:(.text+0x88cf4): undefined reference to `ip_send_check'
>>>
>>> or modular:
>>> ERROR: "ip_send_check" [net/bridge/bridge.ko] undefined!
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Applied, but I almost lost this patch.
>>
>> You need to CC: netdev on all networking patches so that it
>> gets properly tracked in patchwork and therefore does not get
>> lost.
>
> I suspect Randy went by the MAINTAINERS entry - you might want to add netdev
> as a second 'L:' line:
>
> ETHERNET BRIDGE
> M: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> L: bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> W: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Bridge
> S: Maintained
> F: include/linux/netfilter_bridge/
> F: net/bridge/
>
> To make it really clear that netdev must be Cc:-ed for those patches.

Ack that. I also expected Stephen to merge it...

--
~Randy
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