linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] gpiolib: split character device into gpiolib-cdev

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Date:   Thu, 4 Jun 2020 18:22:43 +0200
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>
To:     Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-gpio <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpiolib: split character device into gpiolib-cdev

czw., 4 cze 2020 o 16:18 Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com> napisał(a):
>
> >
> > Is this comment relevant for the character device?
> >
>
> True - that comment should stay in gpiolib, and gpiolib-cdev should get
> one of it's own.
>
> Any suggestions on how to maintain line history?
> I know you can trick git by moving the original file into two new ones,
> then moving one of those back to the old name, but not sure if that is
> what you would want to see in a patch.
>

People don't seem to care much about this in the kernel. Files get
moved and git blame results get lost all the time. Don't stress about
it.

Bart