Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:44061 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753329AbYJFUcJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:32:09 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:31:19 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Dan Williams Cc: Greg KH , Kalle Valo , proski@gnu.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: at76_usb driver status Message-ID: <20081006203118.GG3448@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20081006_223213_249783_E57EA54A) References: <20081002210742.GA27221@kroah.com> <87y713y48r.fsf@nokia.com> <20081005061603.GB28533@kroah.com> <1223306593.31040.33.camel@dhcp-100-3-195.bos.redhat.com> <20081006183520.GA17647@kroah.com> <1223323940.31717.3.camel@dhcp-100-3-195.bos.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1223323940.31717.3.camel@dhcp-100-3-195.bos.redhat.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 04:12:20PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 11:35 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > I'll gladly drop it from drivers/staging when the "real" version hits > > mainline, until then, it should stay in staging, as that is the whole > > point of it. > > It does nobody any good if (a) the drivers are _never_ going to go > upstream, and (b) if the drivers aren't going to get any attention in > their current form because of (a). > > I don't care if the driver allows peoples hardware to work; I want a > driver that makes peoples hardware work _well_. Out of tree drivers > that are never going upstream will not work well. I think/thought the main point of -staging was to give drivers visibility in hopes of people working to fix them. John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@tuxdriver.com of your literate lifestyle.