Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753391AbaJTJNb (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:13:31 -0400 Received: from mail1.bemta5.messagelabs.com ([195.245.231.138]:31109 "EHLO mail1.bemta5.messagelabs.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752815AbaJTJN1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:13:27 -0400 X-Env-Sender: Andreas.Werner@men.de X-Msg-Ref: server-6.tower-179.messagelabs.com!1413796402!34780013!1 X-Originating-IP: [80.255.6.145] X-StarScan-Received: X-StarScan-Version: 6.12.2; banners=-,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked X-PGP-Universal: processed; by keys.men.de on Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:13:23 +0200 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:04:37 +0200 From: Andreas Werner To: Wolfram Sang CC: Andreas Werner , , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers/misc/eeprom/men_eeprod: Introduce MEN Board Information EEPROM driver Message-ID: <20141020100436.GB523@awelinux> References: <20141016085835.GA1273@katana> <20141016102126.GB23256@awelinux> <20141016095910.GC1273@katana> <20141016114401.GA22506@awelinux> <20141020081822.GA1413@katana> <20141020082421.GB1413@katana> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141020082421.GB1413@katana> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Originating-IP: [192.1.1.171] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:24:22AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: > * PGP Signed by an unknown key > > > Here it gets frustrating. It seems you have no idea what an OS is for, > > not even after I tried to describe it :( > I am pretty sure that i know what an OS is for. > Sorry, that might have been too strong. Still, we can't map any hardware > which is out there 1:1 into userspace, we need abstraction. > > If you want to help with this abstraction, this is more than > appreciated. If you want to keep your driver, this will have to stay > out-of-tree, I'm afraid. > Yes, my goal is to find a good way to get hardware support upstream, and it is also nice to discuss my point of view with your upstream point of few. And yes, i want to help to find a way to develope an abstraction. Regards Andy > Regards, > > Wolfram > > > * Unknown Key > * 0x14A029B6 -- 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/