linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the s5p tree

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxgrLujQBPPTEiZk9a3GrvUpDhmR6eSd0Mg4O481MZKcg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:46:39 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the s5p tree

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com> wrote:
>>
> The driver-core tree changed usage(?) of sysdev_class and touched some files
> and the changed files have been merged into one file for some reason without
> driver-core's changes in samsung tree. So I just wanted to avoid the
> conflicts. Linus, how should/can I do in  this case?

Generally, unless the conflicts are *really* bad, just ignore them,
and let me sort them out. It's nice if you mention the fact that there
will be conflicts, and some people also send me a pre-merged tree that
has the conflicts fixed up, but in general it's much better if the
different trees ignore each other - that way we don't have random
merges that mean that I cannot pull one tree without pulling another.

If the conflicts are just insanely bad, I'll ask you to resolve them
for me when I hit them, but in general that's a sign that something
nasty is going on and people are developing in the wrong trees or just
stepping on each others toes too much.

                   Linus
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