[linux-next: manual merge of the char-misc tree with the lightnvm tree] On 22/11/2016 (Tue 18:29) Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the char-misc tree got a conflict in:
>
> drivers/lightnvm/core.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 7b0d392f6957 ("lightnvm: remove sysfs configuration interface")
>
> from the lightnvm tree and commit:
>
> 389b2a1c0e90 ("lightnvm: make core.c explicitly non-modular")
>
> from the char-misc tree.
>
> I fixed it up (the former removed the code that was commented by the
> latter, so I just removed it) 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 do wonder why commit 389b2a1c0e90 is in the char-misc tree and not
> the lightnvm or block trees?
It relied on the new macro builtin_misc_device which came in via
char-misc. I was going to wait a release but Greg said he'd be willing
to take the patch in his tree concurrently.
P.
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> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell
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