[Intel-gfx] how get drm-intel-next into a stable kernel

Greg KH greg at kroah.com
Thu Aug 5 19:58:36 CEST 2010


On Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:54:09AM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> Longer answer: drm-intel-next bits are targeted at the next kernel
> release.  When important fixes from drm-intel-next land in Linus's tree,
> you can request that they be back ported to the stable tree by sending a
> note to stable at kernel.org with the commit id(s).  They have to meet the
> stable criteria though; I think the kernel has a doc on what makes
> something eligible for stable inclusion.

Yes we do, see the file, Documenation/stable_kernel_rules.txt

thanks,

greg k-h



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