| From | Srinivasan Raju <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] staging: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi devices | Date | Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:24:14 +0000 |
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>> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/drivers/staging/purelifi/TODO >> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ >> +TODO: >> + - checkpatch.pl cleanups >> + >> +Please send any patches or complaints about this driver to pureLiFi Ltd >> +<info@purelifi.com>
>Why not just do these fixups on your own right now and submit it to the >"real" part of the kernel? That should take what, a day or so max? >Just sending stuff to staging because you don't want to do coding style >cleanups feels very odd. It takes much more work and energy to do it >this way than to just do it right the first time and get it merged to >the networking subsystem, right?
>So why do you want to send it to staging?
Thanks for the comments Greg, This is my first kernel patch, I was under the impression that the staging area is the place to start for any new "Driver" code We will do the fixes and send an updated patch
Thanks Srini
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