linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] staging: et131x: Fix errors caused by phydev->addr accesses before initialisation

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Message-ID: <20140811053959.GD13727@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2014 13:39:59 +0800
From:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com>
Cc:	Mark Einon <mark.einon@...il.com>,
	STAGING SUBSYSTEM <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] staging: et131x: Fix errors caused by
 phydev->addr accesses before initialisation

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:32:55AM +0300, Anca Emanuel wrote:
> Do you have this hardware ? And did you test this ?

Mark is the maintainer of this driver, I assume he has the hardware, if
not, I don't care, I trust him :)

> How can you cc stable without an Tested by somebody else ?

Since when is a tested-by a requirement for a stable@ marking?  Please
read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for the details.

thanks,

greg k-h
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