Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi: earlycon: Add support for generic framebuffers and move to fbdev subsystem

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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@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   .../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.



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