Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754868AbYHJLIx (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:08:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753228AbYHJLIp (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:08:45 -0400 Received: from smtp4.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.38]:40786 "EHLO smtp4.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753056AbYHJLIo (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:08:44 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:07:05 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Trent Piepho Cc: Jean Delvare , "D. Kelly" , Sam Ravnborg , "mailing list: linux-kernel" , Linux I2C Subject: Re: Problem with restricted I2C algorithms in kernel 2.6.26! Message-ID: <20080810110705.GD16146@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> References: <5ab239b10807161233i6c1c4d0we01ea1b8e6ccaa5b@mail.gmail.com> <20080807131357.59399ddf@hyperion.delvare> <20080807181416.5de4ce6d@hyperion.delvare> <20080808113753.03f49efe@hyperion.delvare> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1566 Lines: 39 On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:52:05AM -0700, Trent Piepho wrote: > On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Jean Delvare wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:41:10 -0700 (PDT), Trent Piepho wrote: > > > Expecting every developer to keep abreast of linux-next and the tens of > > > thousands of patches it gets just isn't realisitic. > > > > > > The embedded platforms I develop on won't run linux-next. Continuously > > > porting them to linux-next is simply impossible. The man hours required to > > > do that would be staggering. > > > > Once again a "believe me it's impossible" without any good reason > > given. I fail to see why embedded platforms would be any different from > > other platforms or subsystem trees. Please enlighten me. > > Because they usually require lots of additional patches that aren't in the > kernel. Sometimes embedded developers try to get these patches into the > mainline kernel, but some maintainers aren't interested in accepting > patches that don't appear to be useful to desktop users. >... The last thing mustn't happen. Can you give examples? cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- 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/