Re: [PATCH] misc: Move panel driver out of staging

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 06:19:43PM +0100, Ksenija StanojeviÄ wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 05:48:56PM +0100, Ksenija StanojeviÄ wrote:
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 03:38:21PM +0100, Ksenija Stanojevic wrote:
> >> >> Move panel driver from drivers/staging/panel to drivers/misc.
> >> >>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Ksenija Stanojevic <ksenija.stanojevic@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> ---
> >> >>  drivers/misc/Kconfig                      |  278 ++++
> >> >>  drivers/misc/Makefile                     |    1 +
> >> >>  drivers/misc/panel.c                      | 2445 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> >>  drivers/staging/Kconfig                   |    2 -
> >> >>  drivers/staging/Makefile                  |    1 -
> >> >>  drivers/staging/panel/Kconfig             |  278 ----
> >> >>  drivers/staging/panel/Makefile            |    1 -
> >> >>  drivers/staging/panel/TODO                |    8 -
> >> >>  drivers/staging/panel/lcd-panel-cgram.txt |   24 -
> >> >>  drivers/staging/panel/panel.c             | 2445 -----------------------------
> >> >>  10 files changed, 2724 insertions(+), 2759 deletions(-)
> >> >>  create mode 100644 drivers/misc/panel.c
> >> >>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/Kconfig
> >> >>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/Makefile
> >> >>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/TODO
> >> >>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/lcd-panel-cgram.txt
> >> >>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/panel.c
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Can you generate a patch like this with the -M option to git
> >> > format-patch?
> >>
> >> I tried that but it didn't change anything.
> >
> > It worked for me:
> >
> >  drivers/misc/Kconfig                      | 278 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/misc/Makefile                     |   1 +
> >  drivers/{staging/panel => misc}/panel.c   |   0
> >  drivers/staging/Kconfig                   |   2 -
> >  drivers/staging/Makefile                  |   1 -
> >  drivers/staging/panel/Kconfig             | 278 ------------------------------
> >  drivers/staging/panel/Makefile            |   1 -
> >  drivers/staging/panel/TODO                |   8 -
> >  drivers/staging/panel/lcd-panel-cgram.txt |  24 ---
> >  9 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 314 deletions(-)
> >  rename drivers/{staging/panel => misc}/panel.c (100%)
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/Kconfig
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/Makefile
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/TODO
> >  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/panel/lcd-panel-cgram.txt
> >
> > See the lines that show the file being renamed?
> >
> > How exactly did you export the patch?
> 
> git fomat-patch HEAD^ -M

I just tried that as well, and got the same result I posted above.

thanks,

greg k-h