[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/6] kconfig: re-sync with Linux 4.17-rc4

[Eugeniu Rosca <roscaeugeniu@gmail.com>]

Hi Petr,

On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 09:31:48PM +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Hi Eugeniu,
> 
> > Hello Petr,
> 
> > On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 08:25:56PM +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> 
> > > When applied all 6 patches, I got several errors (see bellow).
> > > I tested in on 2 distros (Debian unstable and openSUSE Tumbleweed).
> > > The code I applied is here, did I make error when applying patches?
> > > https://github.com/pevik/u-boot/tree/eugeniu/kconfig.v2
> 
> > I checked your branch and got some interesting conclusions.
> > Here is the diff between my and your version of commit ("kconfig:
> > re-sync with Linux 4.17-rc4"):
> 
> > $ git diff <eugeniu> <petr>
> >  scripts/kconfig/tests/auto_submenu/expected_stdout        | 14 +++++++-------
> >  scripts/kconfig/tests/choice/oldask0_expected_stdout      | 14 +++++++-------
> >  scripts/kconfig/tests/choice/oldask1_expected_stdout      | 12 ++++++------
> >  scripts/kconfig/tests/new_choice_with_dep/expected_stdout |  4 ++--
> >  4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> > Here is the same diff ignoring whitespace:
> 
> > $ git diff -w <eugeniu> <petr>
> >  scripts/kconfig/tests/auto_submenu/expected_stdout        | 0
> >  scripts/kconfig/tests/choice/oldask0_expected_stdout      | 0
> >  scripts/kconfig/tests/choice/oldask1_expected_stdout      | 0
> >  scripts/kconfig/tests/new_choice_with_dep/expected_stdout | 0
> >  4 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> > So, it seems like all the trailing white-space from above files
> > disappeared on your branch, after applying the patches from the
> > email client (who did this?...).

I hope I wasn't too harsh here. By "who" I meant the exact component or
script in your workflow which dropped the trailing spaces. By knowing
it, we could also improve our own workflows, which is a positive of
going through this issue IMHO.

> OK, my fault, I'm sorry. Applying first patch as 'git am --whitespace=warn 1.mbox' fixes
> that => make testconfig works.

No worries.

> Yes I applied patches with mutt (I usually use pwclient, but somehow I didn't find your v2
> in patchwork [1], nor even in ML [2]. Have I overlook something.
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/
> [2] https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2018-May/date.html

I think I'm subscribed to U-boot mailing list with only one of my email
addresses. The messages arriving from another one are delayed a bit
since they have to be approved by moderators.

Thanks,
Eugeniu.