It is a hard requirement to include the upstream commit ID in the
changelog of a -stable submission, not just a courtesy to the stable
team.  This concerns only mail submission though, which is no longer
the only way into stable.  (Also, fix a double "the".)
Signed-off-by: NStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Acked-by: NRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

- it is possible to submit patches for the stable queue without sending
  them directly stable@kernel.org. If the tag (Cc: stable@kernel.org) is
  available in the sign-off area than hpa's script will filter them into
  the stable mailbox once it hits Linus' tree.
- Patches which require others to be applied first can be also specified.
  This was discussued in http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/11/9/474Signed-off-by: NSebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Cc: Brandon Philips <brandon@ifup.org>
Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

Update the documentation for the stable tree rules to reflect
that device IDs and quirks are also suitable for -stable
kernels.
Signed-off-by: NJosh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline
Signed-off-by: NStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some
misc words.
Signed-off-by: NMatt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
Acked-by: NRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: NAdrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

Randy brought it to my attention that in proper english "can not" should always
be written "cannot". I donot see any reason to argue, even if I mightnot
understand why this rule exists.  This patch fixes "can not" in several
Documentation files as well as three Kconfigs.
Signed-off-by: NMatt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
Acked-by: NRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: NAdrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>

Small spelling, formating & similar fixes to stable_kernel_rules.txt
Signed-off-by: NJesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

This was the last agreed upon set of rules, it's probably time we actually add
them to the kernel tree to make them "official".
Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>