RE: [PATCH 1/2] net: fec_main: Use platform_get_irq_byname_optional() to avoid error message

From: Anson Huang
Date: Thu Oct 10 2019 - 21:10:28 EST


Hi, Jakub

> On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:38:50 +0000, Anson Huang wrote:
> > > Hm. Looks like the commit you need is commit f1da567f1dc1 ("driver core:
> > > platform: Add platform_get_irq_byname_optional()") and it's
> > > currently in Greg's tree. You have to wait for that commit to make
> > > its way into Linus'es main tree and then for Dave Miller to pull from Linus.
> > >
> > > I'd suggest you check if your patches builds on the net tree:
> > >
> > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git
> > >
> > > once a week. My guess is it'll probably take two weeks or so for
> > > Greg's patches to propagate to Dave.
> >
> > Thanks for explanation of how these trees work, so could you please
> > wait the necessary patch landing on network tree then apply this patch
> > series, thanks for help.
>
> Unfortunately the networking subsystem sees around a 100 patches
> submitted each day, it'd be very hard to keep track of patches which have
> external dependencies and when to merge them. That's why we need the
> submitters to do this work for us and resubmit when the patch can be
> applied cleanly.

OK, I will resend this patch series once the necessary patch lands on the network
tree.

Thanks,
Anson