Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:41:52 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/19] First HREF Device Tree enablement patch-set | From | Linus Walleij <> |
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On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote: > On Friday 07 September 2012, Lee Jones wrote: >> (...) >> Linus wanted to keep changes to the Device Tree and changes >> in platform code separate, which is my reason for submitting >> all of my changes to date that way. > (...) > Linus: What is the reason you want to see the commits split up > like this?
Basically that was at a point when we were changing a lot of subsystem trees with DT patches that were merged in out-of-order fashion.
Then it's better to have the DT changes to be pushed separately at the end of the merge window after all subtrees with dependent changes are merged. (Or even in the next merge window if there is no hurry, but we always seem to be in a hurry...)
If all the changes are in the same subtree (like ARM SoC with ACKs from all over the place where needed) you can do it this way instead, and I agree it looks better.
So basically two different merge strategies get you to split patches differently.
Any way is fine with me, do as Arnd suggests if all is going in through ARM SoC.
Yours, Linus Walleij
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