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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk•ukuu.org.uk>
To: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb•auug.org.au>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation•org>,
	linux-next@vger•kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org>,
	ppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs•org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: fix struct uart_info change fallout
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:59:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080722165929.717e38d4@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080723014910.7351c495.sfr@canb.auug.org.au>

> I interpreted your "So much for the linux-next tree" as saying "well,
> that has been no help".  I am sorry if I got that wrong.

True it didn't help in the merge that much this time. I don't think that
is a problem with the linux-next tree but one of the lack of tty
maintainer and tty tree letting the confusion occur in the first place -
plus a large quantity of first time around ineptness on my part.

> But my point above is that you had a fix for the current breakage in
> Linus' tree a couple of weeks before you sent the patches to Linus that
> broke the powerpc build (i.e. linux-next did its job) and yet you didn't
> combine the fix with the original patch or send the fix with the original
> patch.  So we end up with a powerpc tree that won't build in the middle
> of the merge window while more powerpc patches are trying to be
> tested ... I understand that this could easily happen because of
> forgetfulness, tiredness or accident.

I really expected to get the rest merged within an hour or two, but then
it broke, then I was travelling and each time I got wireless access to
resync the tree and work on it - it broke again and again and again.

Next time I will bump the patch up the pile and get it out earlier when
that occurs.

Alan

  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-22 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-22  0:25 [PATCH] serial: fix struct uart_info change fallout Stephen Rothwell
2008-07-22  0:38 ` Dave Jones
2008-07-22  1:34   ` Stephen Rothwell
2008-07-22  2:00   ` Alan Cox
2008-07-22  1:58 ` Alan Cox
2008-07-22  3:01   ` Stephen Rothwell
2008-07-22 10:44     ` Alan Cox
2008-07-22 15:49       ` Stephen Rothwell
2008-07-22 15:59         ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-07-22 16:22           ` Stephen Rothwell

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