linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] firmware,IB/qib: revert firmware file move

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Date:	Fri, 5 Apr 2013 11:17:48 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>
Cc:	Roland Dreier <roland@...estorage.com>,
	Dean Luick <dean.luick@...el.com>,
	"linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vinit Abhay Agnihotri <vinit.abhay.agnihotri@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] firmware,IB/qib: revert firmware file move

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Mike Marciniszyn
<mike.marciniszyn@...el.com> wrote:
> Commit e2eed58 ("IB/qib: change QLogic to Intel") moved a firmware file
> potentially breaking the ABI.

Please send things like this generated with the "-M" flag so that you
can see it as a rename, instead of a huge add/del patch.

Sure, some people may still use traditional "patch", but catering to
them when it actually hides what the patch does is just not worth it.

               Linus
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