Re: linux-next: manual merge of the jc_docs tree with the spdx tree

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Sep 17 2020 - 14:04:54 EST


On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:16:56PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the jc_docs tree got a conflict in:
>
> MAINTAINERS
>
> between commit:
>
> 951f3e9f2086 ("net/qla3xxx: Convert to SPDX license identifiers")
>
> from the spdx tree and commit:
>
> 51652804d018 ("MAINTAINERS: fix location of qlogic/LICENSE.qla3xxx")
>
> from the jc_docs tree.
>
> I fixed it up (I used the former - which removed the line updated by the
> latter) 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.

Merge is fine, thanks!

greg k-h