Re: linux-next: manual merge of the async_tx tree with the arm tree

From: Russell King
Date: Wed Jul 28 2010 - 03:43:47 EST


On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:11:19AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > Today's linux-next merge of the async_tx tree got a conflict in
> > arch/arm/mach-ux500/devices-db8500.c between commit
> > 6055930cba8fdb2c8855b32bae262aaf69c1fdb4 ("ARM: 6266/1: ux500: add
> > separate irq lists for DB8500 and DB5500") from the arm tree and commit
> > 5aa12e8c9c57741606e52f43e62ab1b9dc8e9dcc ("DMAENGINE: ste_dma40: arch
> > updates for LCLA and LCPA") from the async_tx tree.
> >
> > I fixed it up (I think - see below) and can carry the fix as necessary.
> > --
>
> Thanks Stephen!
>
> Russell, the dma40 driver updates and related arch fixups have been
> sitting in next for a month, I'd prefer not to lose this baseline.
> Assuming this change is brand new any chance the dma40 specific part
> of this patch can be peeled off and sent through my tree, or are you
> in a similar "can't/won't" rebase position?

I don't see how the change in the ARM tree could be reasonably split.
Up to Rabin/Linus to decide what they want to do about this.

--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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