Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755405AbZCHXCm (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Mar 2009 19:02:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754875AbZCHXCd (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Mar 2009 19:02:33 -0400 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.28]:56263 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754854AbZCHXCd (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Mar 2009 19:02:33 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=M/uUUH7ABfv0DBtm9txaBsPUoV81HvME54mc3IarIRji6ghinecRJRZOKxxFN95LwS ElbLvH0wyncZ6DTG8nRTvYu9Hd4Fd3jaHUkYDZPQEat2uRwYkeGPi4HTaGB7gkcF6KD/ f0GV+oij7GyduJyU1Tww1tarB+dgdbhGcXL6o= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <43e72e890903022314o44ae710u834d6207403fd4a2@mail.gmail.com> References: <43e72e890903022314o44ae710u834d6207403fd4a2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 00:02:30 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Staging, place holder for better company/community development model From: Leon Woestenberg To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: Greg KH , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Jouni Malinen , Sujith , Sujith , Senthilkumar Balasubramanian , Johannes Berg , "John W. Linville" , Christoph Hellwig , Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1285 Lines: 34 Hello, On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > With future devices we may want to create a better path for > integration into upstream drivers. But I also want users to get > support for the devices as soon as those devices hit shelves in the > market, maybe even before. > The situation prior to the staging/ tree, was that niche drivers often lived outside of the kernel tree, without much exposure and without API consistency. With staging/ available, there should be no reason for either a company or individual(s) to develop a Linux driver outside the kernel tree. A driver can live there until enough momentum (devices in the field, in Linux developer hands) exists to have the driver reworked for main tree clearance. At least, with this in the back of my head I submitted my driver to staging which would otherwise live in a secret place. I have contacted the hardware vendor and they are (not yet) interested in Linux support. I am counting the days before they will. Regards, -- Leon -- 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/