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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:31:01 +0000
From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: =?utf-8?B?5Zue6KaG?= =?utf-8?Q?=3A?= [PATCH] Add eSPI device
 driver (flash channel)
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On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 11:34:31AM +0000, ChiaWei Wang wrote:
> We appreciate that you are willing to help on the open source contributio=
n.=20
> However, please co-work with Aspeed before submitting drivers of Aspeed H=
W.
> Otherwise, a misleading driver on the community are going to bring tons o=
f customer issues to Aspeed.

It may not apply in this particular case as Aspeed did write the
original driver and it is polite to work with previous authors
when respinning a patchset, but in general there is no need to work
with a hardware vendor before writing drivers for their hardware.

Blocking a driver because that company might receive more support
requests is not the kernel's problem.

Cheers,
Conor.


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