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

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Message-ID: <6994fc11-51da-3dc2-c213-09496b657abb@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 07:27:26 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the net-next tree with the net tree

On 26.08.2019 04:27, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the net-next tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   345b93265b3a ("Revert "r8169: remove not needed call to dma_sync_single_for_device"")
> 
> from the net tree and commit:
> 
>   fcd4e60885af ("r8169: improve rtl_rx")
>   d4ed7463d02a ("r8169: fix DMA issue on MIPS platform")
> 
> from the net-next tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (the latter seems to do the same as the net tree patch) 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.
> 
Due to other changes there have been two versions of the fix, one for net
and one for net-next. Therefore ignoring the one from net when merging into
net-next was correct. Thanks!