Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:41:20 +0200 | From | Clemens Ladisch <> | Subject | Re: [alsa-devel] Workable vintage driver support mechanism? (Re: [PATCH v3] ES938 support for ES18xx driver) |
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Andreas Mohr wrote: > I think I have an idea which might be useful to accept: > for every piece of sufficiently "vintage" submission, > people would be tasked with offering (or somehow ensuring) > a sufficiently closely time-related cleanup in other places.
The problem that such a new driver imposes is not a one-time reduction in overall kernel quality, but the ongoing maintenance effort.
Regards, Clemens
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