Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the vfio tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Oct 14 2020 - 20:59:24 EST


Hi Alex,

On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:20:16 -0600 Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Stephen. Diana has posted a 32bit build fix which I've merged,
> maybe that was the error. Also Diana's series in my branch is currently
> dependent on fsl-bus support in GregKH's char-misc-next branch. Looking
> at the log from the successful build, I wonder if our branches are just
> in the wrong order (vfio/next processed on line 341, char-misc-next
> processed on 387). I don't know if you regularly re-order for this
> sort of thing, otherwise it should work out when Greg's branch gets
> merged, but testing sooner in next would be preferred.

I have put the vfio tree after the char-misc tree today (so hopefully
it will build). The proper way to do this is for you and Greg to have
a shared branch with the commits you both depend on and bot merge that
branch. That way, it doesn't matter what order the tress are merged
(by me or Linus).

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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