Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754729Ab3J3TkJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:40:09 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:47702 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754704Ab3J3TkH (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:40:07 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:42:06 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Daniel Walker Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: misc: stcam: Renesas stcam device Message-ID: <20131030194206.GB8047@kroah.com> References: <1383160668-8403-1-git-send-email-dwalker@fifo99.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1383160668-8403-1-git-send-email-dwalker@fifo99.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 874 Lines: 23 On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:17:48PM -0700, Daniel Walker wrote: > This is a driver for the ternary content addressable memory unit from Renesas. It > allows filtering on bits, and wildcards thru the chip. > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker What about the Cisco copyright? Has that author signed off on this? And why a separate driver, can't you do this all from userspace as a normal i2c driver? You are creating sysfs files without the corrisponding Documentation/ABI/ files, why? and most important, what is a "ternary content addressable memory unit" and what would you do with such a thing? greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/