Re: linux-next: request to include ath.git tree

Stephen Rothwell
2024-08-06T22:04:27Z

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Hi Kalle,

On Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:55:38 +0300 Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> ath.git is a tree for Atheros and Qualcomm Wi-Fi drivers residing under
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/. Jeff and I are the maintainers. Over the
> years multiple people have been requesting including the tree to
> linux-next and finally we are biting the bullet.
>
> So we are requesting to pull two branches from our ath.git tree to linux-next:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ath/ath.git for-current
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ath/ath.git for-next
>
> for-current feeds the wireless tree and for-next feeds the wireless-next
> tree.

Added from today. I have listed just you as a contect, should I list
anyone else (or a mailing list)?

> Because our for-next branch is very active one problem with is that the
> chances of having conflicts between the branches is high and that would
> be extra work for you :/ Do you have any suggestions for this? For
> example, should we create temporary merges for you or something like
> that? Just for this reason we do try to keep the number of patches going
> to for-current minimal and only take important fixes.

Well, your for-next branch should only contain patches that are ready
for integration i.e. reviewed and unit tested, so it should not be all
that busy. I expect you may also have a development branch for patches
you are still testing. Otherwise, you should concentrate on your own
tree and I will notify you of conflicts (and ask advice if the
conflicts are too difficult for me to resolve).

Thanks for adding your subsystem tree as a participant of linux-next. As
you may know, this is not a judgement of your code. The purpose of
linux-next is for integration testing and to lower the impact of
conflicts between subsystems in the next merge window.

You will need to ensure that the patches/commits in your tree/series have
been:
* submitted under GPL v2 (or later) and include the Contributor's
Signed-off-by,
* posted to the relevant mailing list,
* reviewed by you (or another maintainer of your subsystem tree),
* successfully unit tested, and
* destined for the current or next Linux merge window.

Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him
to fetch). It is allowed to be rebased if you deem it necessary.

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
sfr@canb.auug.org.au

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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