Re: patch reverts on linux-next - ioremap_uc() for atyfb

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HI Luis,

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:05:49PM +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> Andrew,
> 
> I got a notice from Ingo on July 21 that one of my patches, "x86/mm,
> asm-generic: Add IOMMU ioremap_uc() variant default" was merged into tip. It
> was merged a long with other patches, for example:
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c?id=3cc2dac5be3f23414a4efdee0b26d79bed297cac
> 
> I wrote this patch after Boris had my atyfb series bake on his tree
> as his tree receives 0-day tests. Then this patch for example makes use of
> ioremap_uc():
> 
> "drivers/video/fbdev/atyfb: Replace MTRR UC hole with strong UC"
> 
> I noticed though that on top there's a revert of that same patch:
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c?id=4c090fb7209d523ef4cedb354192a190edd0d166
> 
> Revert "drivers/video/fbdev/atyfb: Replace MTRR UC hole with strong UC" akpm-base
> This reverts commit 3cc2dac5be3f23414a4efdee0b26d79bed297cac.
> 
> It doesn't explain why this was reverted though. Is it OK for things be
> reverted like this ? Is it understood by others ? It was a bit of a surprise to
> me though as I was not able to verify things were going through to linux-next.
> Since Boris was also on vacation and since my trees do not get 0-day-tests
> it also meant I realied on the chain for issues to be found. I'll fix the
> fact that my trees do not get 0-day tests but it seems we should probably
> only put so many dev trees on 0-day test, I'll check with Fengguang Wu if
> he has bandwidth to put some of my trees.

Would you tell me your git URL? I'm always seeking to add more dev
trees to the 0-day test pool. Bandwidth is not a problem you need to
worry.

Thanks,
Fengguang
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