> We asked to target these patches at net-next because they don't fix a > regression (the encoding never worked correctly), so they are not > relevant for stable. Users that require this functionality should > upgrade to a new kernel that contains the patches. > Hmm, understood!
> Regarding the stable-specific patch, in my experience, stable > maintainers don't accept such patches and prefer to backport patches > from upstream, even if it results in more changes. Then I feel we can skip the changes for stable now. Hi Greg, skip this thread and the changes from it. Will be in touch!
