netdev - Re: [v2] cdc-ether: divorce initialisation with a filter reset and a generic method

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 10:32:42 +0530
From:   Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "oneukum@...e.com" <oneukum@...e.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "bjorn@...k.no" <bjorn@...k.no>
Subject: Re: [v2] cdc-ether: divorce initialisation with a filter reset and a
 generic method



On Tuesday 03 October 2017 10:29 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 13:39:18 +0530
> 
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> On Monday 22 May 2017 06:20 PM, Oliver Neukum wrote:
>>> Some devices need their multicast filter reset but others are crashed by that.
>>> So the methods need to be separated.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
>>> Reported-by: "Ridgway, Keith" <kridgway@...ris.com>
>>> ---
>>
>> I see this patch was merged and said to be queued for -stable, but I
>> don't see this fix in any of the stable kernels. Would you please ask
>> for this patch to be backported to -stable kernels?
> 
> I submit networking -stable patches at a time of my own choosing.
> Usually 1 to 2 weeks after it gets applied to my tree.
> 

Sorry, but this patch was merged in v4.12-rc3(end of May) and I did not
see them in netdev stable patchwork nor in Greg's queue. Hence, I
thought this patch might have slipped through the cracks.

> Please be patient.
> 

-- 
Regards
Vignesh