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

From: Greg KH <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:25:32 +0100

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 01:08:51PM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the char-misc tree got conflicts in:
> 
>   include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
>   scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
>   scripts/mod/file2alias.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   eb0e90a82098 ("platform/surface: aggregator: Add dedicated bus and device type")
> 
> from the drivers-x86 tree and commits:
> 
>   9326eecd9365 ("fpga: dfl: move dfl_device_id to mod_devicetable.h")
>   4a224acec597 ("fpga: dfl: add dfl bus support to MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()")
> 
> from the char-misc 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, this looks correct, and expected as new subsystems add
auto-loading capabilities at the same time.

greg k-h