Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:14:47 +0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] Support for Avago APDS9306 Ambient Light Sensor | From | Subhajit Ghosh <> |
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>> Can you also help me out with the git tree I should use to format the >> patches? As per my understanding it is the subsystem maintainer tree >> and the main branch but the macros and functions which you have suggested >> in other reviews are available in Linux mainline. > > For a new driver it rarely matters and I'd advise simply using > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git > which is the mainline tree. Please base either on the previous > release (currently 6.2) or rc1 of the current release (v6.3-rc1) > if doing this. > > If you need a feature that has only been applied in the same cycle, or > are building on recent work that has been applied to the iio tree then > for fixes you want: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git fixes-togreg > for new stuff you want: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jic23/iio.git togreg > > The IIO tree routes through Greg KH's char-misc tree so will see the togreg > branch move forwards to be based on that as Greg takes pull requests from me. > Usually this happens once or twice a kernel cycle. Don't worry too much about > this. If it should affect a patch because some changes crossed I'll generally > fix it up whilst applying whichever gets applied second and ask the > authors to check I didn't make a mistake. > > Joanthan >> >> Regards, >> Subhajit Ghosh >> > Thank you for the detailed information. Appreciate you help.
Regards, Subhajit Ghosh
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