linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 0/6] Destage gpib drivers

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Message-ID: <2025111431-automatic-quintuple-c07a@gregkh>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 05:21:56 -0500
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc: Dave Penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 0/6] Destage gpib drivers

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 09:49:03AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 11:45:37AM +0100, Dave Penkler wrote:
> > This patch series is for moving the gpib drivers out of the staging area.
> > 
> > As many changes as possible (patches 1-5) are done in the staging area
> > to prepare for the move. Patch 6 does the move and completes the destage.
> > 
> > Patch 1: Remove gpib from Kconfig and Makefile in staging
> > Patch 2: Remove the gpib/uapi directory from include search path
> > Patch 3: In the code change the uapi include file paths to <linux/xxx.h>
> > Patch 4: Remove comment item in TODO file
> > Patch 5: Add SPDX syscall note to uapi gpib headers
> > Patch 6: Complete the destaging of gpib
> >       - Move the common gpib/uapi headers to include/uapi/linux
> >       - Move the gpib tree out of staging
> >       - Delete the word Linux from gpib Kconfig option title
> >       - Add gpib to Kconfig and Makefile in drivers
> >       - Update MAINTAINERS
> > 
> > Dave Penkler (6):
> >   staging: Remove gpib build from staging
> >   staging: gpib: Remove gpib/uapi from search path
> >   staging: gpib: Change file path for uapi headers
> 
> Sorry if it wasn't clear, but I meant that you should squash also these
> three into the patch moving things out of staging.
> 
> >   staging: gpib: Update TODO file
> >   staging: gpib: Fix SPDX license for gpib headers
> >   gpib: Destage gpib
> 
> So in the end you'd only have these three patches.

I agree, that should be the max of what needs to be here.

thanks,

greg k-h