linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86: Move Lenovo files into lenovo subdir

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Message-ID: <aBy_w42MapjiD6al@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 17:29:23 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>
Cc: hdegoede@...hat.com, ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com, ikepanhc@...il.com,
	W_Armin@....de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] platform/x86: Move Lenovo files into lenovo subdir

On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 03:04:34PM -0400, Mark Pearson wrote:
> Move all Lenovo specific files into their own sub-directory as part
> of clean-up exercise.
> Longer term goal is to break-up thinkpad_acpi to improve maintainability
> and perhaps share more functionality with other non thinkpad Lenovo
> platforms.

...

> Some questions that I didn't want to put in the commit comment:
> 
>  - I didn't know if now was a good time to propose this change. I
>    realise it could cause headaches for anybody with patches being
>    worked on. Please let me know what makes it easiest for maintainers
>    and other developers. If there is a particular branch that would be
>    better to do this against also let me know.

For me Git handles renaming very well.

>  - Should I be updating the MAINTAINERS file? I'm still not sure what
>    the protocol there is. I'm very happy to help review anything in the
>    lenovo directory, but I didn't want to make assumptions.
>  - I have tested on multiple platforms but I don't have any ideapads I
>    can use.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko