From: Alexandra Chin <alexandra.chin@tw.synaptics.com>
To: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
CC: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Linux Input <linux-input@vger.kernel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@stericsson.com>,
        Naveen Kumar Gaddipati <naveen.gaddipati@stericsson.com>,
        Mahesh Srinivasan <msrinivasan@synaptics.com>,
        Alex Chang <alex.chang@tw.synaptics.com>,
        Scott Lin <scott.lin@tw.synaptics.com>,
        Christopher Heiny <Cheiny@synaptics.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC] staging: ste_rmi4: merge into the main kernel tree
Thread-Topic: [RFC] staging: ste_rmi4: merge into the main kernel tree
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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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