Return-Path: Sender: "Gustavo F. Padovan" Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 14:51:48 -0300 From: "Gustavo F. Padovan" To: Greg KH Cc: Marcel Holtmann , pavan-savoy@ti.com, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org, johan.hedberg@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pavan Savoy Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers:bluetooth: TI_ST bluetooth driver Message-ID: <20101007175148.GC4893@vigoh> References: <1286404493-23816-1-git-send-email-pavan-savoy@ti.com> <1286404493-23816-2-git-send-email-pavan-savoy@ti.com> <1286445948.6145.70.camel@aeonflux> <20101007143409.GB14913@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20101007143409.GB14913@kroah.com> List-ID: Hi Greg, * Greg KH [2010-10-07 07:34:09 -0700]: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 12:05:48PM +0200, Marcel Holtmann wrote: > > Hi Pavan, > > > > > This is the bluetooth protocol driver for the TI WiLink7 chipsets. > > > Texas Instrument's WiLink chipsets combine wireless technologies > > > like BT, FM, GPS and WLAN onto a single chip. > > > > > > This Bluetooth driver works on top of the TI_ST shared transport > > > line discipline driver which also allows other drivers like > > > FM V4L2 and GPS character driver to make use of the same UART interface. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Pavan Savoy > > > --- > > > drivers/bluetooth/bt_ti.c | 463 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > drivers/staging/ti-st/bt_drv.c | 509 ---------------------------------------- > > > drivers/staging/ti-st/bt_drv.h | 61 ----- > > > 3 files changed, 463 insertions(+), 570 deletions(-) > > > create mode 100644 drivers/bluetooth/bt_ti.c > > > delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/ti-st/bt_drv.c > > > delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/ti-st/bt_drv.h > > > > I don't care about staging at all. So you sort that out with Greg. > > > > Submit your driver for upstream inclusion. And once accepted you can pin > > Greg about removing it. > > The driver is already in staging, this is the request to move it out of > staging and into the "correct" place in the tree. The core of the ti-st > code is now in the drivers/misc/ directory in the linux-next tree, and > this patch is the request to move the bluetooth drive into the proper > drivers/bluetooth/ location. I'm wondering why this driver never touched linux-bluetooth before. It is on staging because it is not ready for a proper merge and while it is not ready it needs the comments from the bluetooth developers here to get it ready for merge in drivers/bluetooth. So why this never arrived here before? -- Gustavo F. Padovan ProFUSION embedded systems - http://profusion.mobi