netdev - Re: [stable] [net v2] e1000: Fix driver to be used on PA RISC C8000 workstations

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Date:	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:37:13 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Guy Martin <gmsoft@...icoman.be>,
	Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>, gospo@...hat.com,
	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [net v2] e1000: Fix driver to be used on PA RISC C8000
 workstations

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 05:49:37PM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> The checksum field in the EEPROM on HPPA is really not a
> checksum but a signature (0x16d6).  So allow 0x16d6 as the
> matching checksum on HPPA systems.
> 
> This issue is present on longterm/stable kernels, I have
> verified that this patch is applicable back to at least
> 2.6.32.y kernels.
> 
> v2- changed ifdef to use CONFIG_PARISC instead of __hppa__
> 
> CC: Guy Martin <gmsoft@...icoman.be>
> CC: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
> CC: Matt Turner <mattst88@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@...ax.kerlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> ---

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>
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