linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the v4l-dvb-next tree with the arm-soc tree

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:25:12 +0100
From:   Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:     ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the v4l-dvb-next tree with the
 arm-soc tree

Hi Arnd,

On 23/01/2023 10:13, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2023, at 00:09, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today's linux-next merge of the v4l-dvb-next tree got conflicts in:
>>
>>   drivers/staging/media/Kconfig
>>   drivers/staging/media/Makefile
>>
>> between commit:
>>
>>   582603a95734 ("staging: media: remove davinci vpfe_capture driver")
>>
>> from the arm-soc tree and commit:
>>
>>   d2a8e92f0b41 ("media: vpfe_capture: remove deprecated davinci drivers")
>>
>> from the v4l-dvb-next tree.
>>
>> These 2 commits removed the same driver but caused a conflict due to
>> other changes to these files.
>>
>> I fixed it up (I just used the latter version of these files) 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.
> 
> I can drop my copy of the patch, but from the diffstat I see that
> there are a few other differences: Hans' version removes
> include/media/davinci/ccdc_types.h, which I forgot, while my
> version drops include/media/davinci/vpfe_capture.h (which
> is still included in the v4l-dvb-next tree, but not in mine)
> as well as the obsolete driver specific entries in MAINTAINERS
> and Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst.
> 
> Hans, any idea what we should do? I'd tend to leave both
> patches where they are and let Linus figure out the merge.
> If I drop mine we need a follow-up patch to remove
> the include/media/davinci/vpfe_capture.h header, while
> dropping yours would likely produce the same conflicts
> against your tm6000/zr364xx removal patches.

I'd say, leave it to Linus. If anything remains of the davinci code
after Linus is done with it, then you and/or I can make follow-up patches.

Regards,

	Hans