Hi Rob,
On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 16:05:27 -0600 Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 2:58 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 09:11:22 -0600 Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm sending out fixes for all these. I want to get the final patch
> > > ("of: Stop circularly including of_device.h and of_platform.h") for
> > > all this in next to get some better build coverage and catch any new
> > > drivers added. But if it is dropped for every new driver that breaks,
> > > I'll never get it in. Can you fix these up or just leave them broken?
> > > I can keep the fixes in my tree until they get applied by the
> > > corresponding subsystem.
> >
> > These dependencies between trees are impossible to handle. Please if
> > you really need the final patch in, then you must put all the necessary
> > fixes in the same branch. There is no telling what order Linus (or I)
> > will merge the interdependent branches.
> >
> > The alternative is to spray the needed fixes out to the other
> > subsystems and then put the final patch in after the merge window
> > closes or the next release.
>
> Yes, that's what I've been doing since July and plan to do for the
> final patch. The final patch can't wait a cycle because then we'll
> just have more moles to wack. There's a couple of dependencies that
> still haven't been picked up (seems Sparc is unmaintained), so I'm
> going to send those along. I'll carry any further fixes until they I
> see they are applied.
OK, so I have moved your tree to be merged last and I fixed up the new
driver, so hopefully we are good, now.
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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