Re: [PATCH 1/7] Adding empia base driver

From: el es
Date: Thu Oct 23 2008 - 04:53:21 EST


Greg KH <greg <at> kroah.com> writes:


> Please send patches that evolve the current drivers into supporting
> these new devices so that our development model is followed, and no user
> ends up in trouble.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

(just my Â.2, user's perspective warning)
Just to say this, the current in-tree driver doesn't support the device I own,
Markus' driver does.

Greg :
The code Markus is requesting to merge is a completely NEW driver comparing to
the one that is in the tree (has a long and painful history). I think you might
safely assume that it already is NOT based on the old driver, tough shares the
name, due to the changes (and history).

Markus : just an idea - maybe if you've renamed the driver, to reflect the fact,
that it is completely new code, and schedule the old one to be deprecated ?

Lukasz

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