From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tony Prisk Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the tegra tree with the arm-soc tree Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:52:03 +1300 Message-ID: <1358311923.537.3.camel@gitbox> References: <20130116141411.8fadedee54ed35dc0eddd288@canb.auug.org.au> <1358308153.32106.8.camel@gitbox> <50F62D69.8080100@nvidia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from server.prisktech.co.nz ([115.188.14.127]:50556 "EHLO server.prisktech.co.nz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757828Ab3APEvl (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:51:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: <50F62D69.8080100@nvidia.com> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Stephen Warren Cc: Stephen Rothwell , Colin Cross , Olof Johansson , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org On Tue, 2013-01-15 at 21:32 -0700, Stephen Warren wrote: > On 01/15/2013 08:49 PM, Tony Prisk wrote: > > On Wed, 2013-01-16 at 14:14 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Today's linux-next merge of the tegra tree got a conflict in > >> drivers/clocksource/Makefile between commit ff7ec345f0ec ("timer: vt8500: > >> Move timer code to drivers/clocksource") from the arm-soc tree and commit > >> ac0fd9eca3ba ("ARM: tegra: move timer.c to drivers/clocksource/") from > >> the tegra tree. > >> > >> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary (no action > >> is required). > >> > > > > I don't know about everyone else, but I feel the preference should be to > > keep things alphabetized where possible to help avoid with merge > > conflicts later on. This is always a problem when we start tacking > > things on the end of lists. > > > > I realise this Kconfig is not alphabetized anyway, but it's never too > > early to start on the 'right' path. > > Sounds like a good idea, but the issue is: When to do the initial sort > so it doesn't conflict with all the adds in a kernel cycle... Post and > immediately commit a new patch near the end of the merge window? Given that the maintainer can quite safely do the patch (sorry maintainers), I don't see any reason why it couldn't be done at the point where they stop accepting patches for the merge-window. Once the patches are stopped, sort the list in one last patch. It makes sense to get it done in this window if possible as the Kconfig will only get bigger as time goes on, making sorting it more time consuming. Regards Tony P