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

[Peter Maydell]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 at 19:15, Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net> wrote:
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> Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> writes:
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> >> 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.
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> 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?

No, you don't need to do that. I can review it, and if it's
OK I can apply it to my target-arm tree, based on what we
have now.

thanks
-- PMM