From: Mason <slash.tmp@free.fr>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Steve deRosier <derosier@gmail.com>,
linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net>,
Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Using a generic upstream driver with a custom NAND controller
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:44:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56A0EECE.6050909@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1453385533.4639.94.camel@infradead.org>
On 21/01/2016 15:12, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Mason wrote:
>
>> Maybe you can help me find convincing arguments why upstreaming
>> is good.
>
> The rest of your own email is, surely, precisely such an argument?
Indeed :-)
Problem is: I tried that argument, and it fell on deaf ears.
"There's none so deaf as those who will not hear."
> If you attempt to submit the core changes upstream, then either we help
> you find a better way to do things so that those changes *aren't*
> needed, or we merge them so that all you need to do is a minor update
> to the driver itself (as you hoped).
Great idea. I'll send in the diff tomorrow. I hope the code
won't give the maintainers a heart attack...
Regards.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-21 14:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-19 19:30 Using a generic upstream driver with a custom NAND controller Mason
2016-01-19 21:15 ` Steve deRosier
2016-01-21 14:05 ` Mason
2016-01-21 14:12 ` David Woodhouse
2016-01-21 14:44 ` Mason [this message]
2016-01-22 9:29 ` Ricard Wanderlof
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