linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] mfd: Remove tps68470 MFD driver

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Message-ID: <dcc9fbef12ec58dfd3a2a98d9d3986fc5fa15f73.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:07:22 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Scally <djrscally@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, devel@...ica.org,
        rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org, andy@...nel.org,
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        bgolaszewski@...libre.com, wsa@...nel.org, lee.jones@...aro.org,
        hdegoede@...hat.com, mgross@...ux.intel.com,
        robert.moore@...el.com, erik.kaneda@...el.com,
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        kieran.bingham@...asonboard.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] mfd: Remove tps68470 MFD driver

On Mon, 2021-01-18 at 15:53 +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 12:34:28AM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote:
> > This driver only covered one scenario in which ACPI devices with _HID
> > INT3472 are found, and its functionality has been taken over by the
> > intel-skl-int3472 module, so remove it.
> 
> Prefix: "mfd: tps68470: ". Rationale: easier to look for specific commits, by,
> for example, running `git log --grep tps68470`.

It's also reasonable to grep by path instead

$ git log --pretty=oneline --grep 'tps68470'
cf2e8c544cd3b33e9e403b7b72404c221bf888d1 Merge tag 'mfd-next-5.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd
66265e719b4603ef9a1b8a6c876bcb542c021496 mfd: tps68470: Drop unused MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
883cad5ba8cc2d9b740b4ad0a8a91063c99c75a3 Merge tag 'mfd-next-4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd
ca34b4f0bed802e1c8612ef08456b20992aeb02a gpio: tps68470: Update to SPDX license identifier

vs

$ git log --pretty=oneline -- '*tps68470*'
e42615ec233b30dfaf117b108d4cb49455b4df1d gpio: Use new GPIO_LINE_DIRECTION
66265e719b4603ef9a1b8a6c876bcb542c021496 mfd: tps68470: Drop unused MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE
36b835176fe014197639f335d9d35424b7805027 ACPI / PMIC: Sort headers alphabetically
37c089d1facaf03969f66a5469c169a2c73429f6 mfd: Update to SPDX license identifier
1b2951dd99af3970c1c1a8385a12b90236b837de Merge tag 'gpio-v4.17-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-gpio
ca34b4f0bed802e1c8612ef08456b20992aeb02a gpio: tps68470: Update to SPDX license identifier
66444f460e68d641a63f0787627bac6c1ee340b5 ACPI / PMIC: Replace license boilerplate with SPDX license identifier
e13452ac379070f038c264618e35559434252175 ACPI / PMIC: Add TI PMIC TPS68470 operation region driver
968c61f7da3cf6d58a49587cfe00d899ca72c1ad Merge tag 'mfd-next-4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lee/mfd
9bbf6a15ce19dd947b7fa6ad4095931ab3682da8 mfd: Add support for TPS68470 device
275b13a65547e2dc39c75d660d2e0f0fddde90f6 gpio: Add support for TPS68470 GPIOs