linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] fujitsu

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:23:41 +1030
From:   Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...t42.net>
To:     Micha?? K??pie?? <kernel@...pniu.pl>
Cc:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] fujitsu_init() cleanup

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 02:19:15PM +0100, Micha?? K??pie?? wrote:
> > It might be worth glancing through these because the resulting renames in
> > particular definitely improved the clarity of the driver:
> > 
> >   Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009
> >   From: Alan Jenkins
> >   Subject: [PATCH 1/4] fujitsu-laptop: renames and cleanup
> >            [PATCH 2/4] fujitsu-laptop: restructure initialisation
> >            [PATCH 3/4] fujitsu-laptop: autodetect lcd interface on unknown models
> >            [PATCH 4/4] fujitsu-laptop: simplify modalias (autoload)
> 
> These subjects suggest that it makes little sense for me to duplicate
> Alan's work.  I have a lot more cleanups on my todo list, but the more I
> change, the less sense Alan's patches will make.  I guess the most
> reasonable course of action would be for you to go through Alan's series
> after all so that I will only need to send fixes for whatever he has
> missed.  Feel free to suggest otherwise, though.

That certainly seems like a good way forward.  I am now back from travel and
will try to get onto these patches as soon as possible.  Hopefully I will
have something to report soon.

Regards
  jonathan