linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] phy: aquantia: Determine rate adaptation support from registers

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:46:29 +0000
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Tim Harvey <tharvey@...eworks.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] phy: aquantia: Determine rate adaptation
 support from registers

On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 02:39:59PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > >> This commit should not get backported until it soaks in master for a
> > >> while.
> > > 
> > > You will have to monitor the emails from stable to achieve that - as you
> > > have a Fixes tag, that will trigger it to be picked up fairly quicky.
> > 
> > I know; this is a rather vain attempt :)
> > 
> > If I had not added the fixes tag, someone would have asked me to add it.
> 
> Hi Sean
> 
> If you had put a comment under the --- that you deliberately did not
> add a Fixes tag because you wanted it to soak for a while, you
> probably would not be asked.
> 
> I think the bot also looks at the subject to decide if it is a fix. So
> you need to word the subject so it sounds like continuing development,
> not a fix.

Sasha makes use of Google's AI. I believe it looks at the entire patch
and commit message, and can make some really strange decisions.

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