linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH wireless] wifi: rtw89: Un-embed dummy device

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Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 04:03:33 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com>, "leit@...a.com" <leit@...a.com>,
	"open list:REALTEK WIRELESS DRIVER (rtw89)" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH wireless] wifi: rtw89: Un-embed dummy device

On Thu, May 09, 2024 at 12:48:21PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@...ltek.com> writes:
> 
> >> Out of curiosity, why don't you rebase your tree to net-next/linux-next
> >> frequently?
> >
> > My tree goes to wireless-next, so I think it should be always based on
> > wireless-next. Once wirelss-next rebase (ff-merge) net-next, my tree will
> > have them also. 
> 
> The simple answer about updating to net-next frequently: it's
> complicated :)
> 
> The long answer is that the guidance from Linus is to avoid making
> unnecessary merges so we fast forward wireless-next only after it's
> pulled to net-next. And we can't rebase wireless-next due to downstream
> trees Ping's rtw tree, besides rebasing public git trees is evil anyway.

Thanks for the explanation!