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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:58:17 +0000
Subject: Re: TODO list
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 03:42:38PM -0700, Ravi Kerur wrote:
> Thanks, The reason I didn't pick from drivers/staging is that I don't
> have necessary hardware to test the changes. Hence I chose something
> which can be tested without any restriction and get it done. Do you
> have any recommendations?

Most people send their staging patches without testing, honestly.

Otherwise just restrict yourself to drivers/.

Also checkpatch on its own is not really a justification for sending
patches outside of staging/.  The patch has to make the code better for
humans.

regards,
dan carpenter