Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:40708 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752299AbYJ1H4o (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:56:44 -0400 Subject: Re: rtl2860 driver in mainline? From: Johannes Berg To: Thorsten Leemhuis Cc: Greg KH , rt2400-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4906B944.4010105@leemhuis.info> (sfid-20081028_083550_035307_58424396) References: <20081028004915.GA3442@kroah.com> <4906B944.4010105@leemhuis.info> (sfid-20081028_083550_035307_58424396) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-xeyeRlh72Xua+lWHEIVJ" Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:56:38 +0100 Message-Id: <1225180598.3796.66.camel@johannes.berg> (sfid-20081028_085701_572381_F38478C9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-xeyeRlh72Xua+lWHEIVJ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 08:03 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > On 28.10.2008 01:49, Greg KH wrote: > > So, on my quest to suck up every out-of-tree driver and get it into the > > main kernel tree (drivers/staging/ to start with), I've been pointed at > > the rtl2860 driver. >=20 > Does it really make sense to include a driver when a different one for=20 > mainline inclusion is being actively developed? It might give some=20 > developers the impression that it's worth spending time improving the=20 > rtl2860/2870 drivers -- which might be wasted time in the end. I don't think it makes sense either, at _best_ it'll do nothing but help a few users [1], and if somebody actually starts working on the vendor driver because it's in staging that's actively harmful to the real driver by diverting resources away from it. johannes [1] I used to think the point wasn't to make users happy but to make it easier to work on those drivers, but that objective seems long gone --=-xeyeRlh72Xua+lWHEIVJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJJBsWyAAoJEKVg1VMiehFYqAsQAJ9PluubraVrnoaiwpJIMCSH 8ByKgfXixchtZ2p628IeBRyM65A3oOC2FzTLaM895H/K+txM0RWgqJINKSHQsQPZ igw6/0H5AJG/VxpzSVdLrBKR7lpwpcc5OL9aGrNDu5F8xBVtTTP6byBHuALXPLzY TcZ5egz2C1g1b3kUXKFbgRgW+gaQs/4RkeJDSF5kmZxXALZ08QgJvNyuexscW56+ dReq2jwX2EdkG4mozaVk7B/f0pDWKvYF2nS2h2mZUq3zvRYoKM7F9l/Mm8fygou8 KW4EQhFUpU5MILnIl2pNXILl8/iL/FcNGtpKgMLL3b3w0Ne4jrHmD0YUvBX58oZV fef3+NG+H0KU3Zv1XhE7VJLuUh1G+9gaBzIiLXD8r0mv/wR4lgcqYZNp9otB3eYQ EmChUCH0xmSiqQR5+uBxGin4n9EQCeiq2zOayUkNOSCfjtSdepkidgLJw/IBZWBv 1L9lg/z06ExeyakzEv/rygJIvM9nZ0C3qG4C7iWoTQ8Y3JwaNanpEBrAGVBi0GoG s8y2CkZL91rfEIIqFEntnssr7Iu9Fcd7+/hNP97mMpK1KN1K7JFo6o3H28+sBe+s fN1v9U+Ro4lbpheaG29lHHw0X/AAM/YrqMYUzhVOYuifWoX8XlOaDLPq6N+5ZsDc WwX8r57OpCxKNl47d+eT =h8oa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-xeyeRlh72Xua+lWHEIVJ--