linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Reorder drivers/video directory

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Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:16:13 -0800
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Reorder drivers/video directory

On 02/27/2014 03:54 AM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is a re-send of the series, with RFC removed from the subject, and a bunch
> of acks added.
> 
> I'm cc'ing more people, to make sure this doesn't come as a surprise, and to
> make sure this is not a bad idea, doomed to fail horribly.

What does this patch apply to?  I can't get it to apply cleanly to
-rc4 or Linus's current git tree.

I like what I see so far.

Thanks.

> So this series creates a new directory, drivers/video/fbdev/, to which all
> fbdev related files are moved. Also, a new directory, drivers/video/fbdev/core/
> is created, to which the core fbdev framework files are moved. This makes the
> drivers/video hierarchy much more clear.
> 
> Presuming no one has objections to this as such, I wonder what's the least
> painful way to merge this? Normally, like any other fbdev change? As a separate
> pull request, maybe at -rc2 time frame, based on -rc1? Something else?


-- 
~Randy
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