Re: linux-next: manual merge of the wireless-next tree with the wireless tree

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Thu Jun 06 2024 - 06:12:20 EST


Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Today's linux-next merge of the wireless-next tree got a conflict in:
>>
>> drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/netdev.c
>>
>> between commit:
>>
>> ebfb5e8fc8b4 ("Revert "wifi: wilc1000: convert list management to RCU"")
>>
>> from the wireless tree and commit:
>>
>> 6fe46d5c0a84 ("wifi: wilc1000: set net device registration as last
>> step during interface creation")
>>
>> from the wireless-next tree.
>>
>> I fixed it up (see below) 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.
>
> Thanks. We need to figure out how we solve this conflict, most probably
> we'll ask network maintainers to fix it when they pull wireless-next.

Alexis, you know wilc1000 the best. Could you double check the conflict
resolution, it somewhat complicated:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240603110023.23572803@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

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