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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] efi: earlycon: Add support for generic framebuffers and move to fbdev subsystem
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Hi Greg,

On 7/28/22 18:01, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 05:52:04PM +0300, Markuss Broks wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> On 7/28/22 17:39, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 05:28:19PM +0300, Markuss Broks wrote:
>>>> Add early console support for generic linear framebuffer devices.
>>>> This driver supports probing from cmdline early parameters
>>>> or from the device-tree using information in simple-framebuffer node.
>>>> The EFI functionality should be retained in whole.
>>>> The driver was disabled on ARM because of a bug in early_ioremap
>>>> implementation on ARM.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Markuss Broks <markuss.broks@gmail.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 +-
>>>> MAINTAINERS | 5 +
>>>> drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 6 +-
>>>> drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 1 -
>>>> drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c | 246 --------------
>>>> drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 11 +
>>>> drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile | 1 +
>>>> drivers/video/fbdev/earlycon.c | 301 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 8 files changed, 327 insertions(+), 256 deletions(-)
>>>> delete mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
>>>> create mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/earlycon.c
>>>
>>> That should be a rename, not a delete/create, right?
>>
>> Should this change be split into two separate commits,
>> one for moving the file and the second for making changes?
>
> Git will show a rename and modification properly, if you use -M to git
> format-patch, so it should be fine.

It appears that there are so many changes Git would refuse to make it a
"move" no matter what I do. What should be done here: should it be two
separate commits for move/change or should it just be kept as delete/create?

- Markuss

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