linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the tegra tree with the arm-soc tree

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:32:41 -0700
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
To:	Tony Prisk <linux@...sktech.co.nz>
CC:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the tegra tree with the arm-soc tree

On 01/15/2013 08:49 PM, Tony Prisk wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-01-16 at 14:14 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today's linux-next merge of the tegra tree got a conflict in
>> drivers/clocksource/Makefile between commit ff7ec345f0ec ("timer: vt8500:
>> Move timer code to drivers/clocksource") from the arm-soc tree and commit
>> ac0fd9eca3ba ("ARM: tegra: move timer.c to drivers/clocksource/") from
>> the tegra tree.
>>
>> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary (no action
>> is required).
>>
> 
> I don't know about everyone else, but I feel the preference should be to
> keep things alphabetized where possible to help avoid with merge
> conflicts later on. This is always a problem when we start tacking
> things on the end of lists.
> 
> I realise this Kconfig is not alphabetized anyway, but it's never too
> early to start on the 'right' path.

Sounds like a good idea, but the issue is: When to do the initial sort
so it doesn't conflict with all the adds in a kernel cycle... Post and
immediately commit a new patch near the end of the merge window?

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