From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:33:31 -0800 Message-ID: <20120215023331.GA28786@kroah.com> References: <20120210155800.ccef418fd5c2f2b87a5d6315@canb.auug.org.au> <20120210052947.GA2068@kroah.com> <80f07411-179e-4fe9-b591-32fbcaac414b@default> <20120210174359.GB5128@kroah.com> <443c718c-643b-4b48-9dd8-e0424fc0afa9@default> <20120215000358.GA27341@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Dan Magenheimer Cc: Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Seth Jennings , Nitin Gupta , Konrad Wilk List-Id: linux-next.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 04:54:37PM -0800, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > > From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] > > Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the staging tree > > > > > > Ok, now reverted, what a mess... > > > > > > > > greg k-h > > > > > > OK, I have just posted the ramster v5 patchset which applies against > > > linux-3.2. I've test-built it against linux-next... it only gets > > > the normal minor merge conflicts for adding a line to > > > drivers/staging/Makefile and Kconfig. > > > > Please resend after fixing that conflict, as it would require me to edit > > it by hand in order to apply this. As you have already redone the > > patch, there's no reason I should have to do this, right? > > OK. I'm not quite sure how to generate a patchset or a > git commit-set that applies cleanly against two different > trees (3.2 and linux-next), but I guess common sense should > tell me that, since the patches have to go through staging-next > first and you are applying patches rather than git-pull'ing, > staging-next should be my preferred choice for a base. Exactly, how could I apply them to two trees? For that case, how can I go back in time and apply them to 3.2? > Do you want me to resend all 6 patches? The only patch > affected is patch 6 of 6. All others apply cleanly. > Let me know and I will resend one or all tomorrow. All would be best, also please thread them properly, 'git send-email' will do this for you, please use it. greg k-h