Received: by 2002:a25:c593:0:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id v141csp5102548ybe; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:38:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqx/W6/dV1ZAbM5v+WynMWF+hmacxq2HvxV0AqDQ1aeycipQEiYMfgOaKzyaJvtiRjqcnn/H X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:ecb6:: with SMTP id qh22mr3821731ejb.114.1568713128806; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:38:48 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1568713128; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=zSn+dP7MEu+jWQITjBobTO2PGfHxxptarv1xoZsZoPjzqinG9oGRK4HX2KUYCsaJYM Xdj27zp2NiB4R0wrk/9I58Bk/zWpqoGZJ9FAY6AKJS5y7mWocJAyLxtGuk0U0B0hQjaW 18mzWivNmDRWQZ+Nk8hwFV0m+BZF3PAD9prbV3m3Y6rHO6OlDRRlv1AGzpG9V9VamXzt Z7/kAItysXbUGHaiGL0CcukI6GTon9VJbw++xDStCUwZGQHOV3KH1B/r75a+ExdPRyVq VdSWlQFjI/ONggYwHUYrKUO2AM5cUvjWXkBgWbA8maS56TVAIrHz+BTvakQI7Yn5Ucp7 m71A== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:sender:user-agent:in-reply-to :content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id:subject:cc :to:from:date:dkim-signature; bh=QB7Jq4KLrMP6LerO2JwNopCQIPq9tGuEspcbCa0ISko=; b=mFBkQPF6QJ8HjXRZL8HjMc/uzJrhEP0dhAbEbpxapWOXO8TXqXVC6Tr8CmGoWWwQM0 eEBUbhM3G4wuZ20J96v1By0+DOU9+ndFDbecZaUt0BosEadToio5Ayn0o6Tgo78pJN49 hMsCNdBfm5+bLY7q1A8trB4+UR66MkvIkNH7bLwZV88BrvB+FohgaPy/m0NFh556Su96 a6sDbC5PnCMDcELjoKxpe3B6SMoFQg9Vv7IuGgJcFLmLoJBgJCU2F/mIBL0X8Y4aRJf3 mZrnUyd0rzGUOIGrO7AePmO+Bqzuzf979LBbTEYPlacHIORCh2sSYFakhwM59lBME7VI hxuA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@kernel.org header.s=default header.b=BrxoadVB; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [209.132.180.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id od20si778925ejb.93.2019.09.17.02.38.25; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@kernel.org header.s=default header.b=BrxoadVB; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388215AbfIQE4q (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:56:46 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41206 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727234AbfIQE4q (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:56:46 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7F490216C8; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:56:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1568696204; bh=Deta3mLDOjrS9MA60qe/1+TynhvYp3GzPvxWWxB81ZY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=BrxoadVByuVpgM40BAinFxCJkZ6eNEBhWtJ1X/FBcFtfRuOaHFxqD8UOlzzsySvee Ur++qDaVoLWg9Rv/AzTPiXIKDmmtFzs44ba/4vGgYgYkNPEXPUFOt1tk1wp+jIZjHm o762u14M0QLQ19CCnKYc3R7QGjXqqHJu3I4elIn0= Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 06:56:40 +0200 From: 'Greg KH' To: Namjae Jeon Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Namjae Jeon , 'Valdis Kletnieks' , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alexander.levin@microsoft.com, sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: exfat: add exfat filesystem code to Message-ID: <20190917045640.GA2055638@kroah.com> References: <003601d56d03$aa04fa00$fe0eee00$@samsung.com> <003701d56d04$470def50$d529cdf0$@samsung.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <003701d56d04$470def50$d529cdf0$@samsung.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 12:02:01PM +0900, Namjae Jeon wrote: > We are excited to see this happening and would like to state that we appreciate > time and > effort which people put into upstreaming exfat. Thank you! > > However, if possible, can we step back a little bit and re-consider it? We > would prefer to see upstream the code which we are currently using in > our products - sdfat - as this can be mutually benefitial from various > points of view. What is "different" in it from the code that is currently in linux-next? What is supported "better"? The code we have today seems to work for people, so what are we missing here? Also, submitting patches for this codebase to bring it up to the level of functionality you need would be wonderful, can you do that? thanks, greg k-h