Re: kernel -2.6.35.13 longterm

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jul 05 2011 - 11:06:22 EST


On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:35:25AM -0400, Stephen Clark wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to get the following patches included in the longterm kernel
> 2.6.35.13?

Possibly, but you need to email the correct person and email address,
none of which you did :)

Try stable@xxxxxxxxxx, and the .35-longterm maintainer (hint, it's not
me.)

> They let linux behave according to:
>
> "Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers
> draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-cpe-router-09"

That looks like a new feature, not a regression or bugfix, right?

Did you read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt?

> From: Thomas Graf
> Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: add special mode accept_ra=2 to accept RA
> while configured as router
> Date: Friday, September 3, 2010 - 5:59 am
>

You forgot to mention what the git commit id this is upstream in Linus's
branch, and to copy the people involved in the original patch (author,
subsystem maintainer, etc.) to see if they agree it should go in.

greg k-h
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