linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/9] mtd: sharpslpart partition parser

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Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2017 08:54:46 +0100
From:   Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>
Cc:     Andrea Adami <andrea.adami@...il.com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...ev4u.fr>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Daniel Mack <daniel@...que.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/9] mtd: sharpslpart partition parser

On Sun, 08 Oct 2017 11:53:11 +0200
Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr> wrote:

> Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr> writes:
> 
> > Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com> writes:
> >  
> >> Hi Robert,
> >> Wait a bit before applying. I think patches 6 to 9 have a dependency on
> >> patch 1 (it's not a build dependency, but NAND partitioning might be
> >> wrong if you apply them), so we need to sync. What release is
> >> pxa/for-next targeting? If it's 4.15 I can apply patch 1 just after
> >> 4.14-rc1 is out and provide an immutable branch for you to pull in
> >> pxa/for-next.  
> >
> > Hi Boris,
> >
> > It's targeting 4.15 right now. And we can do as you like, either an immutable
> > branch, or I wait to include these patches into my pxa/for-next until you give
> > me your go, it's as you like.  
> 
> Hi Boris,
> 
> So what's the status about the sync, should I pick the patches, and have the
> others make it to your for-next branch ?

It's been merged in l2-mtd/master (our -next branch) which is
targeting 4.15. Unfortunately we didn't create a topic branch, which
means you'll have to wait 4.15-rc1 before pushing patches 6 to 9 if you
want avoid regressions. Anyway, I guess it's already too late to send
PRs to arm-soc for 4.15.