linux-kernel - Re: Request to include Mailbox tree in linux-next

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Date:	Fri, 8 Aug 2014 19:55:52 +0530
From:	Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>
To:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Mark Brown <broonie@...aro.org>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...aro.org>,
	Mollie Wu <mollie.wu@...aro.org>,
	Tetsuya Takinishi <t.takinishi@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andy Green <andy.green@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: Request to include Mailbox tree in linux-next

On 8 August 2014 09:59, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
> Hi Jassi,
>
> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 12:25:49 +0530 Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org> wrote:
>>
>>  The framework for Mailbox has undergone 10 revisions over the last
>> one year, which has garnered support in the form of 'Reviewed-by' and
>> 'looks good enough to be merged in this window' from people in the CC
>> list.
>>
>>   Could you please add it to linux-next?
>> Tree:       git://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/fujitsu/integration.git
>> Branch:   mailbox-for-3.17
>> Contact:  Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh@...aro.org>
>
> This is really late for v3.17.  The purpose of linux-next is to
> discover interactions between trees before they are pulled into Linus'
> tree and to do some cross architecture build checking.  Adding a tree
> during the merge window is not very helpful to that.
>
> However if this is really going to be merged by Linus before v3.17-rc1,
> I will add it on Monday, OK?
>
The patchset was deemed ready enough for this merge window. However
some late nitpicks and bikeshedding discussions ate time and my
confidence to send a pull request to Linus. Upon Mark's suggestion
(and the right thing to do) I wanted the patchset to live the cycle in
linux-next.
 Sorry, I messed up by calling it for-3.17. It should have been for-3.18.

Regards,
-Jassi
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