netdev - Re: [ANN] netdev call

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:10:31 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Andy Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com>
Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev-driver-reviewers@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANN] netdev call - Jan 16th

> Thanks, John.
> 
> This one is a bit odd what happened is that by the time this problem was
> reported (on an older kernel), the code changed out from underneath.

Hi Andy

Talk to Florian

He has dealt with Fixes like this in the past. It generally works out
fine so long as you are explicit about what is going on, in comments
under the ---. That, plus correctly marking what kernel version the
patch is for.

    Andrew