From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755153AbbBKEgr (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:36:47 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:54002 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755132AbbBKEgq (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:36:46 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:36:36 +0800 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Sudip Mukherjee Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: doubt about sm7xxfb Message-ID: <20150211043636.GA27598@kroah.com> References: <20150210140747.GA15593@sudip-PC> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150210140747.GA15593@sudip-PC> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 07:37:47PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > Hi Greg, > we have this sm7xxfb in drivers/staging now which is supporting SM710, > SM712, SM721 and SM722. I am also working on another new hardware > SM750, which will be ready for staging in next 1 -2 weeks. > this SM750 is entirely different hardware and these two drivers will > have nothing in common. Then make a new driver! But why would a new driver go into staging? Anything new you create should just go into the "correct" part of the kernel. Don't waste your time on staging. thanks, greg k-h