netdev - Re: question re: net-2.6 and net-next-2.6 trees re: patch submission

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Message-Id: <20100430.190145.45137187.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:01:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	epasheva@...rrawireless.com
Cc:	dbrownell@...rs.sourceforge.net, rfiler@...rrawireless.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: question re: net-2.6 and net-next-2.6 trees re: patch
 submission

From: Elina Pasheva <epasheva@...rrawireless.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:53:14 -0700

> If I submit a new driver to net-2.6 tree (e.g. sierra_net driver that
> was applied to net-2.6 tree) where do I submit subsequent patches for
> that driver - net-2.6 tree or net-next-2.6 tree? 

It depends upon the severity of the fix.

At this stage in the game on the most serious fixes are going
in, fixes for things that cause crashes and the like.  However
since a new driver we might be a little bit more lenient since
changes to a new driver can harm less people.
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