[U-Boot] [RFC][PULL-REQ] MTD update

Sergey Lapin slapin at ossfans.org
Sat Dec 29 23:20:48 CET 2012


On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 10:52:50PM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Sergey Lapin,
> 
> In message <20121229205429.GA9924 at build.ihdev.net> you wrote:
> >
> > > First, while I appreciate the effort, I'd rather us sync with v3.7
> > > release rather than the in-flux v3.8.  Second, can you please look at
> > > the archives about how we've done these re-syncs before?  I really don't
> > > want to take a single giant patch and we're usually able to break this
> > > up into chunks.  Thanks!
> > current v3.8 version is not that much different from v3.7, and very few,
> > but interesting changes there, so I hope we're not going for version
> > numbers here.
> 
> Tom is right when asking to use a stable kernel tree version as
> starting point.  Said "interesting changes" may be added in a second
> step, once we have proven that the stable code is actually working
> stable for us, too.
OK, will rebase.
> 
> > I try to produce proper splitted version, but it is not going to be
> > bisectable then.
> 
> I cannot see why this would have to be the case.  Bisectability has
> to be maintained.
Well, if you mean, by bisectable, that it will compile, then yes, it can
be done, but I still can't find a way to properly split patch for it to
obey to reasoning behind bisect, in this case.

All the best,
S.



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