netdev - RE: [Patch 2.6.24 1/3]S2io: Support for vlan_rx_kill

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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:02:12 -0500
From:	"Ramkrishna Vepa" <Ramkrishna.Vepa@...erion.com>
To:	"Jeff Garzik" <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"Sreenivasa Honnur" <Sreenivasa.Honnur@...erion.com>
Cc:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "support" <support@...erion.com>
Subject: RE: [Patch 2.6.24 1/3]S2io: Support for vlan_rx_kill_vid entry point

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> Subject: Re: [Patch 2.6.24 1/3]S2io: Support for vlan_rx_kill_vid
entry
> point
> 
> Sreenivasa Honnur wrote:
> > - Added s2io_vlan_rx_kill_vid entry point function for unregistering
> vlan.
> > - Fix to aggregate vlan packets. IP offset is incremented by
> >   4 bytes if the packet contains vlan header.
> > - resubmit for 2.6.24 kernel
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Surjit Reang <surjit.reang@...erion.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ramkrishna Vepa <ram.vepa@...erion.com>
> 
> it's difficult to sort through these patches, because they clash a bit
> with the kernel development model.
> 
> You always need to send against the latest kernel (generally davem's
> tree if it's during -rc bug fix cycle, or linus's otherwise).
[Ram] Got it. We thought the window was still open for 2.6.24...

> 
> Once the changes are in place, then email the commit ids or backported
> patches to stable@...nel.org for inclusion in an already-released
kernel.
> 
> In this case, 2.6.24 was well on its way to being released weeks ago,
> when this set of patches was last resend (and then I subsequently
> screwed up, and apparently applied a wrong patch, as discussed)
> 
> So what we need are patches against the latest kernel
> (torvalds/linux-2.6.git), and after those are applied, email
> stable@...nel.org with whatever you want in 2.6.24.x.
[Ram] We will recreate these patches (with fixes and features) based on
torvalds/linux-2.6.git, and then send the fixes alone to
stable@...nel.org for 2.6.24.x.

Thanks,
Ram
> 
> 	Jeff
> 
> 

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