Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:52530 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753904AbYH0KKs (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:10:48 -0400 Subject: Re: pull request: wireless-2.6 2008-08-26 From: Johannes Berg To: Tomas Winkler Cc: Marcel Holtmann , David Miller , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1ba2fa240808270305m7f505efak9fd0d36d5db09a1e@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20080827_120532_961620_59DBABFA) References: <20080827013009.GA15781@tuxdriver.com> <1ba2fa240808270038r24d5eeb9l36fd70ef5ae904f5@mail.gmail.com> <20080827.014041.230100807.davem@davemloft.net> <1219835410.5359.24.camel@californication> <1ba2fa240808270305m7f505efak9fd0d36d5db09a1e@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20080827_120532_961620_59DBABFA) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-LLjGWuXI6+0CCO3/QRhf" Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:10:28 +0200 Message-Id: <1219831828.3891.3.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20080827_121055_543196_FE132D8E) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-LLjGWuXI6+0CCO3/QRhf Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 13:05 +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote: > There is a central problem here, since I cannot really adjust driver > development progress from obvious reason with Linux merging window. > Upstream kernel is unfortunately not the only customer I report to. So > actually stable versions got half backed drivers depending on some > arbitrary time cut from my (selfish) development point of view. FWIW, many people including myself think you should work the other way around, that is develop things in the mainline/wireless-testing tree rather than developing a stable version internally and then dumping a big pile of patches whenever it's convenient for you. IOW, we think you should use Linux upstream as your development tree and then branch off of that for the internal stabilisation trees you need for other customers, rather than having some sort of internal development tree and branching out Linux upstream as you appear to work. That would also avoid the nasty surprises you've gotten a few times where other people managed to get patches to iwlwifi drivers into the Linux tree without you noticing. johannes --=-LLjGWuXI6+0CCO3/QRhf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJItSgQAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYuJYP/1ItS9+xEGT6O7Dgm2eathlO K/SaRUm7J1fTS1b1WS5ti5onPGur0p5XwsSKetIkV7buncabtes9vyEQTPBabxya 5tIVTqimnVjw+PacbAER0kKTNcwynYu3hF+50N4EaytisR37rq1SOGLxJUH8KduJ E2rHcaosXtZe/ZuO5X3GVfpd8z5uyanMKqPbDt050iACqknXaz2i/tKNt4Lrc7Pz eoDlz7O8gj3/SlXmDL5iq1l9Mtr/k1RuM4dxVN26KfbBgmdg9laf6dgsPCa29Dnj NM5BbDnnP79Wt1f61NZ530MJJeQd3JFJHdCjtMmC1V+7wM06IqrjeM9pi4wV2CKw 6qnGIqLnZ4pd2w11RWVdPmOyRm7p8a4Gn5ryPvAxpNzD6oikPaqaB8W5JAUbu6PQ 4vAIdDnmZIS1EvtSr3UzYIRNOFeAGCZj8hBmnSfj4m11DWN8jWZYYmh+4tAlm6Jq KwSAHfOHJksexa6g6/KnCSFshP7Y2ZwGcPo613peVqCjahVun11MERi/zpk7c1rS QGjpMf6lYCIClJgH3m0dEdB7tRqowRMwqacn+vvm/w4oQoZkOHwqSPZy8mSWva2v 1iMD97VFbgDhqmjZ5VzRIZtOByn5rbeh12Y0PLkRdipHp8MVCcaDv9Z8qw9nrDuq Zc+aIMh34yfLOJa4EhiH =KkbX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-LLjGWuXI6+0CCO3/QRhf--