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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Chris Verges <chrisv@cyberswitching.com>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rob Owings <rowings@thermistor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.32-directemp
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:58:33 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100205235833.GA16411@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100205134600.59eb8fae.akpm@linux-foundation.org>

On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 01:46:00PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:32:27 -0800
> "Chris Verges" <chrisv@cyberswitching.com> wrote:
> 
> > > *snip*
> > 
> > Hi Andrew,
> > 
> > Thanks for the technical review.  I'll make the changes and send back a
> > new patch.  Would you like a patch against your -mm tree or a fresh
> > patch against linux-2.6.32?
> 
> I guess a new patch would be best - #1 was a bit of a mess.  Please
> give the patch a good title (I chose "usb: QTI DirecTEMP USB
> thermometer/hygrometer driver support") and if possible, include it
> within the body of the email so more people are likely to look at it. 
> If your email client can't do that correctly, use a text/plain
> attachment.

Sorry, but no, this driver will not be accepted, as it can be done just
fine from userspace instead of a kernel driver, as discussed before.

We have removed drivers from the kernel for this very reason, we don't
want to add new ones in with the same problem.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2010-02-06  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-05  4:47 [PATCH] linux-2.6.32-directemp Chris Verges
2010-02-05 15:45 ` Alan Stern
2010-02-05 17:16 ` Greg KH
2010-02-05 17:32   ` Chris Verges
2010-02-05 20:40 ` Andrew Morton
2010-02-05 21:32   ` Chris Verges
2010-02-05 21:46     ` Andrew Morton
2010-02-05 23:58       ` Greg KH [this message]
2010-02-06  0:26         ` Chris Verges
2010-02-06  8:55           ` Greg KH
2010-02-06  9:42 ` [lm-sensors] " Bruno Prémont
2010-02-06  9:42   ` Bruno Prémont
2010-02-06 16:58   ` [lm-sensors] " Chris Verges
2010-02-06 18:01     ` Jean Delvare
2010-02-06 18:01       ` Jean Delvare

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