# Re: \[PATCH v4 10/11\] dma: rename dma\_\*\_writecombine() to dma\_\*\_wc()

- From: Andrew Morton \<akpm@linux-foundation.org\>
- Date: 2015-08-25 20:44:03 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/08/4564012
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/08/4563068/t.md

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On Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:48:37 +0200 "Luis R. Rodriguez" [ref] wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 09:53:18AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Which kernel is this against? It has conflicts in 3 files with Linus's latest: 
> > v4.2-rc8.
> 
> Sorry I based it on linux-next, will respin the rename patch onto tip/auto-latest
> 

Doing that will make the patch kinda useless, because then the patch
will trash more mature work which is pending in linux-next, one week
before the merge window opens.

A better plan would be to base the patches on linux-next then wait for
4.3-rc1.

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