Re: linux-next: Tree for April 9

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:52:27 +0200 Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>> >
>> > what type of conflict do you have there? If it's a new entry then 
>> > you might be able to fix it by moving the new entry elsewhere in the 
>> > file. Or if i introduced a new entry close to an existing entry you 
>> > modify then i could move my new entry elsewhere.
>> 
>> Commit 523a65f1a7a339e528ca6d6d808516fe195fde03 ("firewire: fw-ohci: 
>> add option for remote debugging") in the ieee1394 tree adds a new 
>> entry just where the sched tree adds
>> 
>> source kernel/trace/Kconfig
> 
> hm, i think in this specific case the new firewire entry should be added 
> after the PROVIDE_OHCI1394_DMA_INIT section. (that's how we extend 
> groups of Kconfig entries anyway) The new trace entries in the scheduler 
> tree follow that pattern and add the new kernel/trace/Kconfig at the 
> right place. So if the firewire entry is added that way this conflict 
> could be avoided.

Indeed, this order of the two options looks more logical now that you
say it.  Update patch will appear on LKML in a minute.

Stephen will still have a conflict in lib/Kconfig.debug when merging the
tests tree, but this happens regardless what we two do because tests is
based on 2.6.25-rc1, and mainline Kconfig.debug has changes post -rc1.
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Stefan Richter
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