From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78E68346782; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:12:17 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762967537; cv=none; b=s4fkI5L53mzTiANso4uaYzFwFOfKyqYiJWrhWMcdN/+oo1f8Q9/IAg+yduV6PAZEjUptT1+pPYGTC+FNT4RrTWEJEPgMH4y7qSZ1Lt+8MJ/O0BH01HWky06ua3eDHPLjexu+Gc3hF+KaVuGY4wnn5jBgSemkJge7hZa9pYmjmv0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1762967537; c=relaxed/simple; bh=YukZPVsSMnVab1HtGQVhE/F2QYDp/9PgrDqexfzoWaQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=XgjXoPnilDquvejbs0/e03Aiy1JI1V+24UkMkE8jjXQmWPlxDy1z2ShCbvDh9BhNNPUsfr5KexbgSyugbsFZHNNmpCaACDzrIRThew9BOS4R8b8Otd/WvHPJdC58QEK928KUmoibyHMNub2HvyTGX9T8Pd22Kzcf8FuqObm0eyY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=MBN9GgtH; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="MBN9GgtH" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0F726C4CEF7; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:12:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1762967537; bh=YukZPVsSMnVab1HtGQVhE/F2QYDp/9PgrDqexfzoWaQ=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=MBN9GgtHWvueGdxNorcET4lT53CJpFAp/Ep1Pl2AF2gn1nUhBH2IYaUSgzp4jS/tU CQOIWZuN1llaatGRde+ONvc6LVlGERi31qO6hcpuNN3RsqyB3Z/jOYTl5wwWTWgafK /zpP12uUFBxc9PI1KuYZ0MU/nIVFAOLpbe2g77qRsC/M6bIY1sPy4cuTtlOaPfozD7 oCLA1H/eTsBXteeVbgz2HhtLIJB/7zrv105mvOyVtLD7siMhTHPjJlaxD5JvXM8MQi YvrGgF2GqD7qVHH2cwZ3ZeXXPtkOwhg5gqY2VLHd1UzAA7TP6fz52EVi7VHjIRhv/j ubrvQyTeE8iWg== Received: from johan by xi.lan with local (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vJEOH-000000007h2-2YZP; Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:12:17 +0100 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:12:17 +0100 From: Johan Hovold To: Dave Penkler Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 00/10] staging: gpib: Destage gpib drivers Message-ID: References: <20251111094512.6411-1-dpenkler@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251111094512.6411-1-dpenkler@gmail.com> On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 10:45:02AM +0100, Dave Penkler wrote: > This patch series is for moving the gpib drivers out of the staging area. Note that I have no idea whether this code is ready to be moved out of staging, I'm just commenting on how it is done here. > As many changes as possible (patches 1-6) are done in the staging area > to prepare for the move. Patches 7-10 do the move and complete the destage. > > Patch 1: Remove gpib from Kconfig and Makefile in staging > Patch 2: Remove the gpib/uapi directory from include search path > Patch 3: In the code change the uapi include file paths to > Patch 4: Remove comment item in TODO file > Patch 5: Delete the word Linux from gpib Kconfig option title > Patch 6: Add SPDX syscall note to uapi gpib headers > Patch 7: Move the common gpib/uapi headers to include/uapi/linux > Patch 8: Move the gpib tree out of staging > Patch 9: Add gpib to Kconfig and Makefile in drivers > Patch 10: Update MAINTAINERS for post destage I still think most of these should be squashed into a single patch that moves things out of staging. > Dave Penkler (10): > staging: Remove gpib build from staging > staging: gpib: Remove gpib/uapi from search path > staging: gpib: Change file path for uapi headers > staging: gpib: Update TODO file This can be done first before moving. > staging: gpib: Change gpib Kconfig option title This too, but it's hardly worth doing in a separate patch so can be squashed as well. > staging: gpib: Fix SPDX license for gpib headers Can also be done before moving. > uapi: linux: Add common gpib interface headers > gpib: Move gpib drivers out of staging > gpib: Add gpib build menu and rule to drivers > MAINTAINERS: Update for gpib destage And then squash the rest into a single patch that can be build tested. Johan