From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] spi/spi-pl022 fixes
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:12:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201108101612.51825.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKnu2MoTQTYMa4JvWyr7sPMhPyziTtnLeZLySUYxcuQC2Vu-6Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Wednesday 10 August 2011, Linus Walleij wrote:
> The basic assumption is that patches are orthogonal and apply
> without conflicts, i.e. patch different parts of the kernel tree or
> different lines in the same file.
>
> Second assumption is that if patches do collide, the subsystem
> maintainer can solve most conflicts, and is expected to do
> so. Torvalds sets an example by requesting that subsystem
> maintainers do not fixup conflicts between subsystems so he
> can see them himself.
>
> Then there are special cases when you get a strong
> coupling between patches.
>
> In these special cases, ask the subsystem maintainer what to
> base the patches on. Usually it's some commit on the subsystem
> tree rather than -next.
>
> This is my understanding of how we work, maybe I should
> patch Documentation/development-process/*, Arnd do you have
> anything to add?
No, your explanations are pretty much what I would have said.
Arnd
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-10 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-09 11:05 [PATCH 0/6] spi/spi-pl022 fixes Viresh Kumar
2011-08-09 11:05 ` [PATCH 1/6] spi/spi-pl022: Resolve formatting issues Viresh Kumar
2011-08-09 11:05 ` [PATCH 2/6] spi/spi-pl022: Use GFP_NOWAIT for allocation from tasklet Viresh Kumar
2011-08-09 11:26 ` Jassi Brar
2011-08-10 3:27 ` viresh kumar
2011-08-09 11:05 ` [PATCH 3/6] spi/spi-pl022: Don't allocate more sg than required Viresh Kumar
2011-08-09 11:05 ` [PATCH 4/6] spi/spi-pl022: calculate_effective_freq() must set rate <= requested rate Viresh Kumar
[not found] ` <CACRpkdYAkPtOkVuF-UhpFHugvZpw_owmgoxP_opF8KE=cYF95w@mail.gmail.com>
2011-08-10 3:36 ` viresh kumar
2011-08-09 11:05 ` [PATCH 5/6] spi/spi-pl022: Call pl022_dma_remove(pl022) only if enable_dma is true Viresh Kumar
2011-08-09 11:05 ` [PATCH 6/6] spi/spi-pl022: Request/free DMA channels as and when required Viresh Kumar
2011-08-09 20:10 ` [PATCH 0/6] spi/spi-pl022 fixes Linus Walleij
2011-08-10 3:55 ` viresh kumar
2011-08-10 7:20 ` Linus Walleij
2011-08-10 14:12 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
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