Re: [PATCH v5 fwctl 2/5] fwctl/bnxt_en: Refactor aux bus functions to be more generic

[Pavan Chebbi]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 12:23:15AM -0800, Pavan Chebbi wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
> > index 4481d80cdfc2..a9bfbfabf121 100644
>
> I don't know what you've done, but this doesn't apply.
>
> Applying: fwctl/bnxt_en: Move common definitions to include/linux/bnxt/
> Applying: fwctl/bnxt_en: Refactor aux bus functions to be more generic
> error: sha1 information is lacking or useless (drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c).
> error: could not build fake ancestor

Really not sure what is happening here. Let me try and see what could
be the issue..

> Patch failed at 0002 fwctl/bnxt_en: Refactor aux bus functions to be more generic
> hint: Use 'git am --show-current-patch=diff' to see the failed patch
> When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue".
> If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead.
> To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort".
>
> The github the cover letter points at has a different patch, that shouldn't happen.

Ok there was one difference which I had to make because the github
tree had an additional patch that was not in fwctl tree, which was
about kzalloc_obj() replacing kzalloc()
There should be no other difference.

>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
> index 728f893689eaa2..3005c4bb8aed3d 100644
>
> Jason

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