From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix bogus use of rc = alloc_chrdev_region()
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:07:02 +0200
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On Friday 10 June 2011, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 02:29:42PM -0600, Jim Cromie wrote:
> > can someone pick this up,
> > for this release or next ?
> 
> It was rumored that Arnd wanted to take over drivers/char/.

That's true. It probably means I should set up a tree now, before we get
too close to the next merge window.

On the topic of drivers/char/{nsc_gpio,pc8736x_gpio,scx200_gpio}, I wonder
if we should move them to drivers/gpio/nsc_gpio despite the fact that they
use a different (older) interface than all the other gpio drivers.

They have seen only a single non-janitor patch in the last five years,
so I don't think they will be a burden, but it might be nice to have them
in a place where people would actually look for them, with a comment that
they should be converted to the new API in order to be more useful.

	Arnd
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