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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 0/2 net-next] hyperv: Enable batched notification
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:37:21 -0400 (EDT)
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From: KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:07:10 +0000

> I pulled down the net-next tree and the issue is with the first patch:
> 0001-Drivers-hv-vmbus-Export-the-vmbus_sendpacket_pagebuf.patch
> 
> The net-next tree is not current with Greg's tree and this patch is on code that
> is in Greg's tree. This patch merely exports an API that is already in Greg's tree.
> Greg wanted me to take this patch through your tree since the only user
> of this functionality is the network driver. Any suggestions on how I should 
> proceed here.
> 
> The second patch:
> 0002-hyperv-Support-batched-notification.patch
> 
> applies cleanly to your tree.

Don't create cross-tree dependencies like this.

I'm not pulling in Greg's tree to get a dependency like this.

And if I don't, I can't apply patch #2 because it will fail to
build.