Merge tag 'arm64-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm...

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / Documentation / stable_kernel_rules.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index cbc2f03056bdef25da9dc87013680748c905e9d0..aee73e78c7d42a8aa7d9c1f630c705ddb6c3838c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
 
 Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
 
+ - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable
+   submission guidelines as described in
+   Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
  - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to
    stable@vger.kernel.org.  You must note the upstream commit ID in the
    changelog of your submission, as well as the kernel version you wish