linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] auxdisplay: charlcd: Reuse hex_to

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Date:   Thu, 6 Aug 2020 12:56:18 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] auxdisplay: charlcd: Reuse hex_to_bin() instead of
 custom code

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:48:53PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 9:36 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > hex_to_bin() may be used to convert hexdecimal digit to its binary
> > representation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> 
> Looks fine to me and the logic is simpler for the `esc` increase too.
> Thanks for the cleanup! Were you able to test it, by any chance? I
> will queue it up for -rc1.

May I ask which version did you have in mind? Now it's merge window for
v5.9-rc1 and patch is still not there...

>  (Sidenote: it would be nice if `git patch` allowed for a full-to-full
> comparison for patches like this since the unified format is harder to
> read; I couldn't find the option from a quick look...).
> 
> Cheers,
> Miguel

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko