Re: [PATCH v5 00/11] mediatek: add support for MediaTek Ethernet MAC

From: David Miller
Date: Fri May 22 2020 - 17:37:00 EST


From: Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 23:31:50 +0200

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> On 22/05/2020 23:20, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 14:06:49 +0200
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>>> This series adds support for the STAR Ethernet Controller present on MediaTeK
>>> SoCs from the MT8* family.
>>
>> Series applied to net-next, thank you.
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> If you say "series applied" do you mean you also applied the device tree parts?
> These should go through my branch, because there could be conflicts if there are
> other device tree patches from other series, not related with network, touching
> the same files.

It's starting to get rediculous and tedious to manage the DT changes
when they are tied to new networking drivers and such.

And in any event, it is the patch series submitter's responsibility to
sort these issues out, separate the patches based upon target tree, and
clearly indicate this in the introductory posting and Subject lines.