[PATCH v2] ARM: Build dtb files in all target

Ben Hutchings ben at decadent.org.uk
Fri Aug 31 17:11:55 EDT 2012


On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 20:14 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 02:37:11PM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 06:23:04PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:52:24PM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > > > I've CC'd stable to see if they want to pick this up.
> > > 
> > > That's not how stable works - and you'll probably receive a standard form
> > > whinge from them about that.  Please read up on the submission requirements
> > > to the stable kernel trees.
> > 
> > Ah, thanks.  usually, I just add the Cc: line for fixes I send to
> > arm-soc.  Since this patch affects more than just kirkwood/marvell, I
> > didn't feel it was appropriate to pull it in through my tree.
> 
> Yes, you put the Cc: line in the commit, but you don't actually send it
> to that address.
[...]

It's OK to cc the stable address when submitting to the relevant
subsystem maintainer *as well as* including the cc: line in the commit
message.  It just can't be used as a substitute for the commit line.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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