netdev - RE: Request for stable inclusion

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Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:40:03 +0000
From:	"Ertman, DavidX M" <davidx.m.ertman@...el.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Request for stable inclusion

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Gleixner [mailto:tglx@...utronix.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:04 PM
> To: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Kirsher, Jeffrey T; Ertman, DavidX M; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Request for stable inclusion
> 
> Hi,
> 
> commit b20a774495671f037e7160ea2ce8789af6b61533
> Author: David Ertman <davidx.m.ertman@...el.com>
> Date:   Tue Mar 25 04:27:55 2014 +0000
> 
>     e1000e: Fix no connectivity when driver loaded with cable out
> 
> fixes an issue which affects quite some of the newer Laptops and also
> Desktops (e.g. AOI-PCs) which are based on mobile chipsets.
> 
> I don't know how far this reaches back, but at least the 3.13 and 3.14
> kernels need this fix. Jeff, David, can you tell?
> 
> Please consider for inclusion.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx

The commit that caused the issue went into net-next on June 21, 2013.  So at least 3.11 and forward, and probably 3.10.

Dave Ertman
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