Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add "num-prio-bits" property for Cortex-M devices

[Samuel Tardieu]

Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> writes:

> > Any idea to why patchew fails to apply thoses patches? The mbox 
> > at
> > <20231216182740.3305724-1-sam@rfc1149.net/">https://patchew.org/QEMU/20231216182740.3305724-1-sam@rfc1149.net/>
> > applies cleanly on master AFAICS.
>
> This is because you put a Based-on: tag in the cover letter.
> Based-on: means "please apply this other patch first before this
> series, because there is a dependency" (we use it for things
> like "this patchset has to sit on top of some other cleanup
> patchset I sent last week and which hasn't got into git yet").
> So patchew applied Anton's original patch from 2022, and then 
> tried
> to apply your three patches on top of that, which caused a 
> conflict.

Thanks for the explanation. I thought "Based-on:" was just a 
polite way of attributing credit to past discussions. I'll keep 
that in mind. Do you want me to resubmit it as a v2 without the 
"Based-on:" tag so that patchew gets it right?

> Anyway, I just wanted to say that this patchset is on my
> todo list to review but I'm not going to be able to get to
> it before I break for Christmas, so I'll get back to it
> in January. Thanks for the contribution!

Noted!

Best.

 Sam
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Samuel Tardieu