linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] remove the old non generic API

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Date:	Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:15:15 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	andi@...stfloor.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, tytso@....edu,
	iws@...o.caltech.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] remove the old non generic API

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 05:33:04PM +0200, Stefani Seibold wrote:
> Am Montag, den 19.04.2010, 08:28 -0700 schrieb Greg KH:
> > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:05:16PM +0200, stefani@...bold.net wrote:
> > > From: Stefani Seibold <stefani@...bold.net>
> > > 
> > > This patch simple remove the whole kfifo.c and kfifo.h files. The next
> > > patch will replace it with the new generic kfifo API.
> > 
> > But you just broke the kernel build at this point in the patch sequence,
> > which is not allowed :(
> > 
> 
> I know, but the only way is to merge the patch 2 and 3 together which
> results in a very large and unreadable patch.
> 
> If desired i will do this...

Or you can rename files, or do all sorts of other things instead of
breaking the build, which again, is not allowed, so don't do it :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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