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authorPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>2012-06-05 11:15:50 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2012-06-14 17:14:47 -0700
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stable: update references to older 2.6 versions for 3.x
Also add information on where the respective trees are. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux 2.6 -stable releases.
+Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux -stable releases.
Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
"-stable" tree:
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
cherry-picked than this can be specified in the following format in
the sign-off area:
- Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # .32.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
- Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # .32.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
- Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # .32.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic
- Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # .32.x
+ Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
+ Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
+ Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic
+ Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
The tag sequence has the meaning of:
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ Review cycle:
security kernel team, and not go through the normal review cycle.
Contact the kernel security team for more details on this procedure.
+Trees:
+
+ - The queues of patches, for both completed versions and in progress
+ versions can be found at:
+ http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git
+ - The finalized and tagged releases of all stable kernels can be found
+ in separate branches per version at:
+ http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
+
Review committee:
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