From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Subject: Re: [0/3] lenovo-sl-laptop : new driver for drivers/staging
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:59:23 +0100
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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
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Hi Christoph,

> > Patches against 2.6.29-rc5 will be in following emails.
> 
> Please submit it to the kernel proper, not the staging tree.  Also
> please just submit it in one patch instead of the split.

I can only second that. This is not a driver that belongs anywhere near
the staging tree. It should be instead sent to the ACPI mailing list for
review.

The staging tree should _NOT_ be used as a shortcut for upstream
inclusion.

Regards

Marcel