linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm-soc tree with the usb tree

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Message-ID: <521CB046.9070408@baylibre.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:57:26 +0200
From:	Benoit Cousson <bcousson@...libre.com>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
CC:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@...hile0.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	"khilman@...aro.org" <khilman@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the arm-soc tree with the usb tree

+ Kevin,

On 27/08/2013 15:53, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 08/27/2013 03:24 PM, Benoit Cousson wrote:
>> Hi Sebatian,
>
> Hi Benoit,
>
>> Yes. DT patches are an endless source of merge conflicts if they are
>> merge throught different trees.
>
> Usually there are small conflicts because two people added / changed a
> node nearby. This patch turned the .dts file almost upside down.

Yes, that's true.

>> What was discussed with Olof and Arnd during Connect is that we should
>> avoid merging DT patches outside arm-soc tree to avoid that kind of
>> situation.
>
> I am aware of this now. However these changes belonged together because
> a) they belonged together and b) would break the driver until the .dts
> changes and driver code is in-sync.
> In future I am going to ask you for a topic branch so I can get my
> changes in one piece without breaking stuff in the middle.
>
> What do we do now?

Cannot you just merge the stable arm-soc/dt branch into your branch 
before applying your patches?

Regards
Benoit

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