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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Javier Muñoz" <jmunhoz@igalia.com>
Cc: teddy.wang@siliconmotion.com.cn, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: sm7xxfb: sm7xx becomes sm7xxfb
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:55:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120612175506.GA27756@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FD4843F.6070602@igalia.com>

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 01:25:51PM +0200, Javier Muñoz wrote:
> On 06/10/2012 01:12 PM, Javier M. Mellid wrote:
> > From: "Javier M. Mellid" <jmunhoz@igalia.com>
> > 
> > Rename sm7xx driver to sm7xxfb. Fix Kconfig and Makefile to fit the new
> > change.
> > 
> > Changes are coherent with the rest of stable framebuffer drivers. TODO
> > updated.
> 
> Just one doubt. I am using 'git mv' here and it works Ok. 'git log
> --follow' would be the way to see the whole history after this commit.
> Should I follow another approach? I am using a 'similar approach' to
> ed16648eb5b86917f0b90bdcdbc857202da72f90 commit to rename.
> 
> Please, let me know if I should redo this patch.

When I apply it, git will detect the file being moved.

Also, patch, and git, now support renames when generating patches, you
should use that and it will be a bit more obvious that this really is
just a rename.

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2012-06-12 17:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-10 11:12 [PATCH 0/3] staging: sm7xx: code improvements and cleanup Javier M. Mellid
2012-06-10 11:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] staging: sm7xx: code improvement Javier M. Mellid
2012-06-10 11:12 ` [PATCH 2/3] staging: sm7xx: update comments and clarify supported chips Javier M. Mellid
2012-06-10 11:12 ` [PATCH 3/3] staging: sm7xxfb: sm7xx becomes sm7xxfb Javier M. Mellid
2012-06-10 11:25   ` Javier Muñoz
2012-06-12 17:55     ` Greg KH [this message]

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