linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Disintegrate UAPI for can

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Date:	Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:00:24 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, socketcan@...tkopp.net,
	linux-can@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Disintegrate UAPI for can

Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de> wrote:

> On 10/09/2012 03:30 PM, David Howells wrote:
> > Can you merge the following branch into the can tree please.
> > 
> > This is to complete part of the Userspace API (UAPI) disintegration for which
> > the preparatory patches were pulled recently.  After these patches, userspace
> > headers will be segregated into:
> > 
> > 	include/uapi/linux/.../foo.h
> > 
> > for the userspace interface stuff, and:
> > 
> > 	include/linux/.../foo.h
> > 
> > for the strictly kernel internal stuff.
> 
> Nice work David. The upstream for can-next is David Miller's net-next
> tree. He doesn't like if I pull unrelated stuff into my tree, so I'm
> going to cherry pick your patch. This is not yet possible, as net-next
> doesn't include the latest patches from the 3.7 merge window, so that
> compilation breaks. After the merge window closes David Miller merges
> back the latest changes to net-next. I'll postpone your patch until
> then, this means the code will go into v3.8. I'm not familiar with the
> UAPI conversion, should your patch go via linux-can and David's net into
> v3.7?

It's okay for the patch to go into 3.8 if that is easier for you.  As it's
scripted, I can regenerate your branch after -rc1 if that helps too.

David
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