From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add STMicroelectronics LPS001WP pressure sensor device driver into misc
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:31:21 +0100
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On Tuesday 15 March 2011, Mark Brown wrote:
> > 2) Basically make a copy.  This would look like the original patch set did when we went
> 
> A third option is just to lift everything out of staging roughly as it
> is now with anything that definitely needs redoing dropped, addressing
> any review comments for mainline but not doing much else, and then
> resume working on adding additional stuff.  It sounds like the userspace
> interfaces that are there at present are mostly OK and most of the
> issues are in-kernel?
> 
> You could perhaps have a Kconfig control for disabling any experimental
> features in the API if you want to give people hints about areas that
> are likely to churn.

I agree, that sounds like a good idea for preparing the code before a split.

	Arnd
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