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

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Date:   Mon, 9 Aug 2021 22:45:55 +0100
From:   Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...hwell.id.au>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, 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>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the staging tree with the net-next tree

On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 at 21:00, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 2:48 PM Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 at 08:55, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...hwell.id.au> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 3 Aug 2021 11:23:29 +0200 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > So, can that be done in the staging tree as it is, or does Greg need to
> > > merge (part of) the net-next tree?  Or will someone just supply me with
> > > a reasonable merge resolution patch?  Or does Greg reset the staging
> > > tree to 5c872e1d2595 and try again next time?  Or similar for Dave
> > > (revert Arnd's work)?
> > >
> > > Currently it is a mess in linux-next and probably will not work even
> > > though it does build.
> > >
> >
> > Happy to try and provide a merge resolution patch if that is easier?
> > Will be this evening UK time though.
>
> Most likely there is no user space that actually wants this function at all,
> so I think the easiest way would be to remove all of rtw_ioctl in the
> staging tree version of this driver.
>
>         Arnd

Sounds good. I will put something together to take out rtw_ioctl in
that case, and submit through Greg/linux-staging. Many thanks.

Regards,
Phil