netdev - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the rr tree with the net tree

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Date:	Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:06:44 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the rr tree with the net tree

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:23:36PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:24:57 am Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 07:09:13AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:58:52AM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > > > Hi Rusty,
> > > > 
> > > > Today's linux-next merge of the rr tree got a conflict in
> > > > drivers/net/virtio_net.c between commit
> > > > 5e01d2f91df62be4d6f282149bc2a8858992ceca ("virtio-net: move sg off
> > > > stack") from the net tree and commit
> > > > 7f62a724a65f864d84f50857bbfd36c240155c8f ("virtio_net: use virtqueue_xxx
> > > > wrappers") from the rr tree.
> > > > 
> > > > I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary.
> > > 
> > > Hmm, Rusty, do you intend for the patches to go through netdev this
> > > time? If you do, it might be simplest to just ask Dave to merge
> > > them in net-next-2.6 now. I can prepare and send them if you like.
> 
> Naah, they hit too many random virtio drivers.  It's pretty simple to keep
> them separate, and once the new API is in place I'll send to Dave to merge.
> It could take two cycles, but there's no huge rush.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rusty.

Well, I'm just thinking of a way to make working on virtio-net less painful.
Maybe you could just put a copy of the two patches above on your tree?

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