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Date:   Sun, 24 Mar 2019 13:11:14 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@gmail.com>
Cc:     christian@lkamp.de, neil@brown.name, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ralink-gdma: Convert unsigned to unsigned int
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On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 03:07:48PM +0530, Bharath Vedartham wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 09:58:42AM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 05:04:44PM +0530, Bharath Vedartham wrote:
> > > Fix the checkpatch.pl warning: "Use unsigned int instead of unsigned".
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@gmail.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c | 2 +-
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > This patch also does not apply at all :(
> 
> I have been working on linus's branch and not the staging branch. I
> thought that linus's branch would have the latest updates and would be
> the latest branch :( . Is it a problem if I use linus's branch for
> staging drivers?

Yes, if you want to do kernel development, you always need to work off
of the subsystem tree that you are wanting to contribute to, or off of
linux-next.  Development trees can often be 3 months ahead of Linus's
tree depending on the time of the merge window.

The tree should always be listed in the MAINTAINERS file for what one to
use.

hope this helps,

greg k-h