Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the drivers-x86 tree with the watchdog tree

From: Darren Hart <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 21:27:01 -0800

On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 02:37:35PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the drivers-x86 tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   include/linux/platform_data/mlxreg.h
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   9f03161a1bd8 ("platform_data/mlxreg: additions for Mellanox watchdog driver.")
> 
> from the watchdog tree and commit:
> 
>   9b28aa1d0eae ("platform_data/mlxreg: Document fixes for core platform data")
> 
> from the drivers-x86 tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (see below) 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.

Thanks Stephen.

I suspect this will be a rare occurence. That said - Vadim - could you please
ensure that all the mellanox driver changes Cc the platform driver x86 mailing
list by adding it to MAINTAINERS?

-- 
Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center