On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Kevin Hilman <[email protected]> wrote: > Yixun Lan <[email protected]> writes: > >> From: Sunny Luo <[email protected]> >> >> Add DT info for the SPICC controller which found in >> the Amlogic's Meson-AXG SoC. >> >> Signed-off-by: Sunny Luo <[email protected]> >> Signed-off-by: Yixun Lan <[email protected]> > > This patch looks OK but it doesn't apply cleanly. > > A quick glance suggests that it's becuase it has a dependency on the PWM > series, but that dependency was not described here (or in the cover > letter.) > > If the series does not apply directly on mainline, the cover letter > should describe the dependencies clearly. > > In your case, I understand it's difficult because you have many series > in parallel at the same time. I would suggest that locally, you keep > each series as independent branches based on the latest -rc tag.
Correction: while in general it's best to keep things based on the latest -rc tag, for DT patches, it's even better if you base things on my current <version>/dt64 branch (currently v4.16/dt64) Kevin
