Commit 5d407ca7 authored by Jakub Kicinski's avatar Jakub Kicinski Committed by David S. Miller

docs: netdev: add a cheat sheet for the rules

Summarize the rules we see broken most often and which may
be less familiar to kernel devs who are used to working outside
of netdev.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarAndrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent a2487564
...@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ ...@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
netdev FAQ netdev FAQ
========== ==========
tl;dr
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- designate your patch to a tree - ``[PATCH net]`` or ``[PATCH net-next]``
- for fixes the ``Fixes:`` tag is required, regardless of the tree
- don't post large series (> 15 patches), break them up
- don't repost your patches within one 24h period
- reverse xmas tree
What is netdev? What is netdev?
--------------- ---------------
It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff. This It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff. This
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