linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/41] Documentation: dt: mfd: fix spelling mistakes

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Message-ID: <20160426134954.GA4892@dell>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:49:54 +0100
From:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:	Eric Engestrom <eric@...estrom.ch>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@....com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/41] Documentation: dt: mfd: fix spelling mistakes

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Rob Herring wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Rob Herring wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Rob Herring wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 01:24:12AM +0100, Eric Engestrom wrote:
> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric@...estrom.ch>
> >> >>
> >> >> Applied, thanks.
> >> >
> >> > I'd prefer to continue taking these if you don't mind Rob.  It'd limit
> >> > on the amount of immutable branch pull requests I have to send/handle.
> >>
> >> Why? Do you really expect to have a dependency here?
> >
> > Because the file is in ".*/mfd/.*", which normally goes through the MFD
> > tree.
> >
> > $ git log --committer="Rob Herring" --oneline -- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/ | wc -l
> > 6
> > $ git log --committer="Lee Jones" --oneline -- Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mfd/ | wc -l
> > 99
> 
> That is because most changes are coupled with drivers. For changes
> that are standalone without any dependency, they go thru my tree. If
> we're getting any merge conflicts beyond which Linus can/wants to fix,
> then there is a problem because bindings shouldn't be changing that
> much.

That's certainly the first I've heard about it.  It makes far less
sense for changes pertaining to a single directory to go in via 2
separate trees.  IMO that's asking for trouble.

> Eventually, I think we need to merge all the bindings thru a single
> tree. Otherwise, we'll never move toward moving bindings out of the
> kernel (unless we just sync from the kernel tree to a standalone
> repo).

Once (if they ever) move out from the kernel tree, then I agree with
you, they should be dealt with as completely separate entities and be
merged though different trees, but until then we need to make a
decision; either you take them all or I take them all.  I thought we
were doing the latter already. 

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Lee Jones
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