From 5d407ca7389261c002c49068e4a11ed3bff0fc8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 20:12:09 -0700 Subject: 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 --- Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3