Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752034Ab1FNQYM (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:24:12 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f46.google.com ([209.85.210.46]:45384 "EHLO mail-pz0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751089Ab1FNQYK (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:24:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201106141607.02171.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1307079502-6326-1-git-send-email-jim.cromie@gmail.com> <20110610204403.GA13450@kroah.com> <201106141607.02171.arnd@arndb.de> From: Grant Likely Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:23:50 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: PrFbXSnyB9rY5tOU5kB_wIw11UA Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix bogus use of rc = alloc_chrdev_region() To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Greg KH , Jim Cromie , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rpjday@crashcourse.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1002 Lines: 24 On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > 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. I have no problem with moving them into drivers/gpio. When you do, please rename then drivers/gpio/gpio-*.c g. -- 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/