From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 03:12:09 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: netdev: add a cheat sheet for the rules X-Git-Tag: v6.1-rc5~943^2~12^2 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5d407ca7389261c002c49068e4a11ed3bff0fc8e;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-starfive.git docs: netdev: add a cheat sheet for the rules 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 Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index 8a9dae7..d140070 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