Re: [External] Re: staging: Add MA USB Host driver

From: Vladimir Stankovic
Date: Wed Jan 22 2020 - 02:41:08 EST


Hi Greg,

Our intention was to follow Linux kernel development process and add our
driver to staging first.
Will resubmit patch with TODO added.

Regards,
Vladimir

On 22.1.20. 08:03, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 09:30:43AM +0000, Vladimir Stankovic wrote:
>> MA-USB Host driver provides USB connectivity over an available
>> network, allowing host device to access remote USB devices attached
>> to one or more MA USB devices (accessible via network).
>>
>> This driver has been developed to enable the host to communicate
>> with DislayLink products supporting MA USB protocol (MA USB device,
>> in terms of MA USB Specification).
>>
>> MA-USB protocol used by MA-USB Host driver has been implemented in
>> accordance with MA USB Specification Release 1.0b.
>>
>> This driver depends on the functions provided by DisplayLink's
>> user-space driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Stankovic <vladimir.stankovic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Why is this being submitted to staging and not to the "real" part of the
> kernel? You need a TODO file that lists what is left to be done to the
> driver to get it merged to the proper place in the kernel tree. Can you
> please resubmit with that file added to the patch?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>