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From: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose@wanadoo.es>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gdth driver for 2.4.23-pre4
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:06:05 +0100
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To: "Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com>
Cc: 'Christoph Hellwig' <hch@infradead.org>, 'linux-scsi' <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>, 'Tosatti' <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>

Salyzyn, Mark wrote:

> Time and priority is the enemy ... not the maintainers, gatekeepers,
> volunteeers or the vendors.

So much to do; so little time

> There are currently three effective code bases a vendor driver maintainer is
> to submit to Distribution, 2.4.* and 2.6.*. OEMs and Channel, the vendor's
> customers, only concern themselves about Distributions.

Forget distributions kernel, OEM, Channels ..... If your drivers are in
the official tree you work is done. Easy.