Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752749AbYKARzt (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:55:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751871AbYKARzl (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:55:41 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.157]:33970 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751686AbYKARzk (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:55:40 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=a7VUq01OSFmxkCMhohJcpw8NsnOPRSq8ByDsO3CJMyzcbn6CRn8X1TNHvpvbFxe+cg bJlvif2XAZKHbb5FXE9fwnGvkbvFkg077qzEWB/B4AsX/IUS9n5E90B1IGeIHcs0Axdz 9YJcGzY3PuUofe+wo+xzIoKO+6wvMypEtZvU0= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 18:55:36 +0100 From: "Markus Rechberger" To: "Pekka Enberg" Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH 1/7] Adding empia base driver Cc: "Devin Heitmueller" , "Hans Verkuil" , v4l , linux-dvb@linuxtv.org, "Linux Kernel Mailing List" , em28xx , "Greg KH" , mchehab@infradead.org In-Reply-To: <84144f020811010929q579bebd7p8760d34631df2fd4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200811011505.51716.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <412bdbff0811010846h2edd63bfn44536e8a1c72d17f@mail.gmail.com> <84144f020811010908h1220d209j799edca3eb772fd@mail.gmail.com> <412bdbff0811010919v3b336939qf94df1162ecbbb28@mail.gmail.com> <84144f020811010929q579bebd7p8760d34631df2fd4@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1779 Lines: 38 On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Devin Heitmueller > wrote: >> The reality is that from a technical standpoint I really want Markus >> to be the maintainer. He knows more about the devices than anyone, >> works for the vendor, and has access to all the datasheets. That >> said, I don't want a situation where he is the *only* one who can do >> work on the codebase because it is poorly commented and structured in >> a way where only he can understand why it works the way it does. >> Also, I believe certain design decisions should be made as a result of >> consensus with the other maintainers, taking into consideration >> consistency across drivers. > > I can understand that you want him to be the maintainer. But so far he > hasn't really shown to be interested in doing that. It's just bit sad > that the we don't have a proper driver given that the code exists and > that there's a person who's willing to do the work to get it merged... > There's alot discussion and I haven't followed it yet although, the best way to go seen from my side is to take the em28xx-new code and merge the usable kernelcode into that one (note that only ~10% of the devices in the kernel em28xx driver are actually tested). I read about the License, I can say this is no issue overall, all of the code is available under GPL, and some of it is also under BSD license. I need to catch up the other mails before continuing... Markus -- 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/