Re: [PATCH] davinci: fix DM365 EVM video input mux bits

[Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:10:57PM +0530, Nori, Sekhar wrote:
> Hi Russell,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 16:25:32, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 02:26:50PM +0530, Nori, Sekhar wrote:
> > > Since this part of the code hasn't changed since it
> > > was written, this is a good candidate for stable
> > > kernel series. You can just add:
> > > 
> > > Cc: stable@kernel.org
> > 
> > Be careful when doing that - if you have git mail the patches out for
> > review, and it picks that up, it'll send it to the stable team as well.
> > The stable team will then complain "that's not how to submit patches
> > to them".
> > 
> > So, while you can add "Cc: stable@kernel.org" to the patch, its best
> > to only add that just before you publish the commit after review, but
> > before merging.
> 
> But its very tough to guess what the last version
> ready for merging will be. Review comments can come
> at any stage.
> 
> Would adding "Cc: stable@kernel.org" to the commit text
> but taking care to not actually send mail to stable@kernel.org
> help? The stable_kernel_rules.txt document seems to suggest
> this is an acceptable way:

Correct.