linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the staging tree with the net-next tree

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Date:   Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:57:50 +0100
From:   Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the staging tree with the net-next tree

On Tue, 3 Aug 2021 at 00:33, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the staging tree got conflicts in:
>
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_android.h
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/rtw_android.c
>
> between commit:
>
>   89939e890605 ("staging: rtlwifi: use siocdevprivate")
>
> from the net-next tree and commit:
>
>   2b42bd58b321 ("staging: r8188eu: introduce new os_dep dir for RTL8188eu driver")
>
> from the staging tree.
>
> I fixed it up using the net-next version and can carry the fix as
> necessary. This is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any
> non trivial conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer
> when your tree is submitted for merging.  You may also want to consider
> cooperating with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any
> particularly complex conflicts.

Dear Mark,

Thank you for your e-mail - not sure what is going on here as the
r8188eu files are totally new - the net-next commit is touching files
from a different directory (rtl8188eu) so perhaps it is getting
confused and considering it a rename or similar? Regardless, all
commits for r8188eu subdirectory should come from staging, as it is a
different driver.

Regards,
Phil