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On (22/08/15 09:14), Greg KH wrote:
> > Definitely not today. Someday, for sure :)
> > 
> > I don't want to promise any timelines. But we are certainly not
> > talking "weeks", we are talking "months". Several months is a
> > realistic timeline.
> 
> Ok, so getting this merged is a good year out at the best, realisticly 2
> years given that once you submit the first version for review, the real
> work will start happening.

Well, nothing is really set in stone here. We may revisit our strategy,
say turn it upside down, and hit upstream mailing list as soon as possible
instead.


> So I'll stick with my original statement, don't buy this hardware
  ... if you plan on running vanilla kernel. Otherwise do buy :)