Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: support switchdev FDB objects

From: David Miller
Date: Tue Aug 11 2015 - 15:00:32 EST


From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:52:49 -0700 (PDT)

> From: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:18:42 -0400 (EDT)
>
>> On Aug 11, 2015, at 2:07 PM, David davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:03:35 -0700
>>>
>>>> Put differently, my question is how do you value not rewriting
>>>> history vs. breaking bisectability (by accident of course)?
>>>
>>> I never will rewrite history, ever.
>>>
>>> Too many people clone my tree and depend upon it.
>>
>> Sorry, I still don't understand. What are the consequences of:
>>
>> git revert -m 1 f1d5ca4
>>
>> Then applying v3?
>
> In this scenerio I think a relative fixup works better.
>
>> You already did that in the past:
>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f2cd84
>
> Each and every situation is evaluated by me on a case by case
> basis.

Ok, if you guys really want me to I'll do the revert-reapply thing.
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