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From: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner-63ez5xqkn6DQT0dZR+AlfA@public•gmane.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public•gmane.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr-3FnU+UHB4dNDw9hX6IcOSA@public•gmane.org>,
	linux-next-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public•gmane.org,
	drbd-dev-cunTk1MwBs8qoQakbn7OcQ@public•gmane.org
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the drbd tree with the block trees
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:43:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201006141143.42783.philipp.reisner@linbit.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C15F18C.3050905-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>

Am Montag, 14. Juni 2010, um 11:08:28 schrieb Jens Axboe:
> On 2010-06-14 03:26, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> > Hi Jens, Philipp,
> > 
> > On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:01:35 +0200 Jens Axboe <axboe-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public•gmane.org> wrote:
> >> I'm starting to think that it would be a little easier if you did not
> >> pull the drbd tree, I really should be pulling that into my -next branch
> >> instead.
> > 
> > Given that the drbd tree has not been updated to match the increasingly
> > different block tree, I have dropped it for today.
> > 
> > There a a few possibilities here:
> > 	- I just drop the drbd tree completely and it only gets merged
> > 
> > into the block tree.
> > 
> > 	- if the drbd tree doesn't actually depend on any of the features
> > 
> > in the block tree then it could be rebased onto Linus tree (and I would
> > cope with any merge fixups - as I do with many other trees).
> > 
> > 	- if it does depend on things in the block tree, those particular
> > 
> > features in the block tree could be put in a separate branch that is
> > never rebased and then that branch could be merged into both the block
> > and drbd trees (this has been done before e.g. stuff in the vfs tree.
> > 
> > 	- the drbd tree could be rebased on tom of the current block tree
> > 
> > (but then it must be kept up to date if the block tree is rebased).
> 
> The thing with the dependencies is that sometimes they are true,
> sometimes they are not. What I suggested to the drbd team is that they
> always just base off Linus and then ask me to pull their changes, then I
> will resolve any potential conflicts when that happens. The consequence
> would be that you stop pulling the drbd tree separately.

Ok, from now on I will use Linus most recent -rc as base and put DRBD
patches on top of that. -- I will do this today (CEST timezone).

Best,
 Phil
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-06-14  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-10  3:52 linux-next: manual merge of the drbd tree with the block trees Stephen Rothwell
2010-06-10  6:01 ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]   ` <4C107FBF.9050209-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-14  1:26     ` Stephen Rothwell
2010-06-14  9:08       ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]         ` <4C15F18C.3050905-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-14  9:43           ` Philipp Reisner [this message]
2010-06-14  9:45             ` Jens Axboe
     [not found]               ` <4C15FA1C.1080901-tSWWG44O7X1aa/9Udqfwiw@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-14 10:08                 ` Philipp Reisner

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