Re: linux-next: manual merge of the char-misc tree with the lightnvm tree

[Matias BjÃrling]

On 11/22/2016 08:29 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Today's linux-next merge of the char-misc tree got a conflict in:
> 
>   drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> 
> between commit:
> 
>   7b0d392f6957 ("lightnvm: remove sysfs configuration interface")
> 
> from the lightnvm tree and commit:
> 
>   389b2a1c0e90 ("lightnvm: make core.c explicitly non-modular")
> 
> from the char-misc tree.
> 
> I fixed it up (the former removed the code that was commented by the
> latter, so I just removed it) 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.
> 
> I do wonder why commit 389b2a1c0e90 is in the char-misc tree and not
> the lightnvm or block trees?
> 

greg beat me to it. Thanks for fixing it up Stephen.

-matias