Messages in this thread | | | From | Alexandra Chin <> | Subject | RE: [RFC] staging: ste_rmi4: merge into the main kernel tree | Date | Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:02:30 +0000 |
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Hi Dmitry,
> > > Please have Greg commit the patch that Henrik reviewed to staging and > > > then work with Christopher Heiny group on getting the full featured > > > driver into mainline.
Thanks for your reminding, final patch has been re-sent to staging maintainer.
> In this case you need to enumerate the benefits of this driver over > unified driver and show why the unified driver can't be fixed. > > Currently the driver is in mainline (even though the directory is > staging) and nobody will remove it until another driver is fully > functional and ready for prime time. But once this happens I do not see > the benefits of maintaining 2 drivers for the same hardware.
I see. Given that the driver will remain in mainline before generic driver is ready, currently I will continue to maintain the driver in staging.
Appreciate your response.
Alexandra
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