Re: [PATCHv1] staging: Synaptics RMI4 touchpad driver support

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 03:14:48PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> 
> >> +Wait for the official upstream synaptics rmi4 clearpad drivers as promised over the past few months
> >> +Merge any device support needed from this driver into it
> >> +Delete this driver
> > 
> > Huh?
> > 
> > Why not just add this driver to the kernel tree instead?  When the
> > "promised" driver then eventually shows up (who is promising it?) then
> > delete the thing.
> 
> Well, Alan (on behalf of Ramesh Agarwal) sent out a very similar
> patch (Titled "Synaptics TM1217 Touchscreen Controller driver")
> the other day, and OTOMH that was after discussions with Synaptics
> where they said they were working on a "real" driver (a rather
> complex RMI4 bus driver) and we believe they will fix that sooner
> or later.
> 
> So, until sooner or later happens we thought we'd keep it in staging.
> 
> If you prefer both Alan and we can probably submit our patches for
> inclusion in the proper place.

Yes, please do that.

> A side effect may be that the Synaptics RMI4 people may have trouble
> to merge their driver into input/ since they may be requested to
> refactor the existing drivers to use it rather than merging new stuff,
> putting some burden on their shoulders.

That's the burden of any developer, especially ones that are slower to
get their code released :)

thanks,

greg k-h