linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] regmap: Allow installing custom reg_update

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Message-ID: <20151006150707.GT12635@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 6 Oct 2015 16:07:07 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jon@...gle.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] regmap: Allow installing custom
 reg_update_bits function

On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 06:22:08AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 10:57:15 +0100

> > I obviously can't just merge in net-next.

> People do this all the time, when needed.  My history never changes,
> and the networking tree is one of the first trees pulled into
> linux-next, so this is always safe.

Which would then make working with my tree annoying (I get net stuff
showing up in my diffs and logs) and gets in the way for sending pull
requests before Linus starts merging stuff which I tend to do.

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