netdev - Re: [PATCH v13 vfio 0/7] pds-vfio-pci driver

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Message-ID: <ZMEhCrZDNLSrWP/5@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 10:35:06 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
	yishaih@...dia.com, shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com,
	kevin.tian@...el.com, simon.horman@...igine.com,
	shannon.nelson@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 vfio 0/7] pds-vfio-pci driver

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 02:40:18PM -0700, Brett Creeley wrote:

> Note: This series is based on the latest linux-next tree. I did not base
> it on the Alex Williamson's vfio/next because it has not yet pulled in
> the latest changes which include the pds_vdpa driver. The pds_vdpa
> driver has conflicts with the pds-vfio-pci driver that needed to be
> resolved, which is why this series is based on the latest linux-next
> tree.

This is not the right way to handle this, Alex cannot apply a series
against linux-next.

If you can't make a shared branch and the conflicts are too
significant to forward to Linus then you have to wait for the next
cycle.

Jason