From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Mustafa Ekşi" <mustafa.eskieksi@gmail.com>
Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Re: Before submitting a driver for Casper Excalibur Laptops
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:16:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024022114-vendetta-broadside-418a@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <acca50d0-f2e9-4a81-b94d-3c8483f12ba7@gmail.com>
On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 01:30:11AM +0300, Mustafa Ekşi wrote:
> 2. Where should I put my driver?
> staging/ or platform/x86/? I'm planning to extend my driver to support more
> laptops from the same vendor.
drivers/staging/ is only for code that is not ready to be merged and it
must have a TODO file that lists what needs to be done. I'd recommend
just fixing the issues first and submitting it for drivers/platform/
directly.
> 3. Should I wait to extend support of the driver before submitting it?
No, send it now, no need to wait!
good luck!
greg k-h
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2024-02-20 22:30 Before submitting a driver for Casper Excalibur Laptops Mustafa Ekşi
2024-02-21 8:16 ` Greg KH [this message]
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