Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 02:54:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 02:53:52 -0500 Received: from 12-224-37-81.client.attbi.com ([12.224.37.81]:4626 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 02:53:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 23:52:45 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Rob Landley Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin Message-ID: <20020129075245.GA15419@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <200201290732.g0T7WRU02551@snark.thyrsus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200201290732.g0T7WRU02551@snark.thyrsus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.20 (i586) Reply-By: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 05:41:53 -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 02:33:24AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > > I'm not proposing replacing the current subsystem maintainers. But are the > current subsystem maintainers happy? I'll speak up here as a subsystem maintainer and say that I'm happy with the current situation. I integrate a wide variety of USB driver patches from lots of different people (and usually in lots of different formats against different kernel trees) and feed them to Linus/Marcelo/Alan in small chunks that can be easily applied against their latest kernel version. Sure, sometimes my patches get dropped, but you forgot to mention the most important thing a kernel programmer needs to have, persistence :) thanks, greg k-h - 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/