Re: how to handle multi-part patch dependencies (was: [PATCH 1/9] isdn4linux: Siemens Gigaset drivers - Kconfigs and Makefiles)

On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 06:16:36PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
> Hello Greg,
> 
> thank you for your comments. Just a few follow-up questions.
> 
> On 15.02.2006 04:19, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 03:52:27PM +0100, Hansjoerg Lipp wrote:
> > 
> >>From: Tilman Schmidt <[email protected]>, Hansjoerg Lipp <[email protected]>
> >>
> >>This patch prepares the kernel build infrastructure for addition of the
> >>Gigaset ISDN drivers. It creates a Makefile and Kconfig file for the
> >>Gigaset driver and hooks them into those of the isdn4linux subsystem.
> >>It also adds a MAINTAINERS entry for the driver.
> >>
> >>This patch depends on patches 2 to 9 of the present set, as without the
> >>actual source files, activating the options added here will cause the
> >>kernel build to fail.
> > 
> > 
> > Care to redo that and add the Makefile change at the same time as the
> > driver goes into the tree?  We don't want to break the buid for a
> > specific patch.
> 
> Could you tell me how to do that? How do I achieve that all parts of a
> patchset go into the tree at the same time?

Make the patch that does the makefile change come after the patch that
adds the file.  Or put both parts in the same patch.

thanks,

greg k-h
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