From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King - ARM Linux Subject: Re: [PATCH REPOST 0/5] convert arm platforms to smsc911x Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:31:59 +0000 Message-ID: <20090119213159.GJ18301@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <20090119092257.GB13737@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20090119.131517.149029812.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Steve.Glendinning@smsc.com, ian.saturley@smsc.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, netdev@vger.kernel.org, stanley.miao@windriver.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:45999 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753339AbZASVcV (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:32:21 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090119.131517.149029812.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 01:15:17PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > From: Steve.Glendinning@smsc.com > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:53:54 +0000 > > > Russell King - ARM Linux wrote on 19/01/2009 > > 09:22:57: > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 04:04:34PM +0800, stanley.miao wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 21:53 -0800, David Miller wrote: > > > > > I've applied patches 1 and 2, the smsc911x driver changes. > > > > > > > > > > I can pull the platform changes into net-next-2.6 as well > > > > > if people don't think there will enough conflicts to cause > > > > > problems. > > > > > > > > I think the platform data had better stay in arm tree. > > > > > > What would be the impact if patches 3 to 5 got merged before 1 and 2? > > > > It would not break compilation, but it would probably break ethernet > > support > > on those three platforms. > > That's why I suggested they go where the dependency is for > proper functionality. Ok, as I see it, the files with the highest chance of conflicting in this set are the defconfig files. Therefore, may I suggest that the defconfig updates are split from 3-5 and sent via my tree, the remainder via davem's net-next-2.6 tree?