Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:28:35 +0100
From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
       Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
       Byron Bradley <byron.bbradley@gmail.com>,
       David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] scsi fixes for 2.6.25-rc2
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:39:17 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> [2008-02-23 12:31]:
> > I'm personally of the opinion that a new driver that doesn't add
> > anything but itself (ie no infrastructure changes etc) is fine. I'd
> > rather have a new, rough driver that might work, than no driver at
> > all, and it's not like it can cause a regression if you don't enable
> > it.
> 
> Maybe we can still get the new S-35390A RTC driver in then.  It has
> been acked by Jean Delvare and David Brownell.  Byron or Jean, can you
> try to submit it again?

I'm not the driver author and RTC drivers aren't under my
responsibility. Ask Alessandro Zummo instead.

> It's needed by the QNAP TS-109/TS-209, a NAS device for which support
> has been added in 2.6.25-rc1.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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