linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: i2c tree build failure

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Message-Id: <20090831210335.f382d7ff.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:03:35 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: i2c tree build failure

Hi Jean,

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:04:49 +0200 Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote:
> 
> These are caused by the fact that I moved the patch adding
> class_compat_create_link() and friends out of the NEXT_PATCHES section.
> I did so because Greg KH (Cc'd) added this patch to his driver-core
> patch set, which I thought was part of linux-next. I simply didn't want
> to apply the same patch twice.

It doesn't really matter if the same patch appears twice - git usually
copes quite well.  Also I can tell and I (usually) don't bother
commenting on it.

> To clarify the dependency, I added the following to my series.conf:
> 
> # NEXT_BASE driver-core.current
> 
> but apparently it didn't work as intended.
> 
> Greg, please clarify whether the patch in question
> (driver-core-add-support-for-compatibility-classes.patch) is pushed to
> linux-next or not.
> 
> Stephen, if my dependency tag is not correct, please tell me how to fix
> it.

It was fine, except that Greg has that patch in the driver-core series
(not driver-core.current).  It you decide to leave that patch out and
change the dependency, please let me know as I will then have to merge
your tree after Greg's (it is currently earlier.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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