From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C95CC4338F for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 16:13:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B58A860EB9 for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 16:13:52 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org B58A860EB9 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mD7uF-00031C-8S; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:13:39 -0400 Received: from mail-pj1-x102b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::102b]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mD7uC-00030y-V7 for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:13:36 -0400 Received: by mail-pj1-x102b.google.com with SMTP id hv22-20020a17090ae416b0290178c579e424so659853pjb.3 for ; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 09:13:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition; bh=y5bqr/MX8+xAN8A1lVpNawJ7IQIz85FXouL6AozuaSM=; b=A+YSZuULvbBnheYEO0DBImY4DBq39nErO+5U0cYUIX5RBI+NNEZYw3vuYzYtzKM5QG wOoT848SSrwUgrxRRNRR0tPCUa3fVQwd5wvj4kdWdkm+NaJ0jVK2BTu3SEUqnvNNzniO +N2bl/Pf2xlBKJbvqHD4eP0kFDUSh96LKlzPM1B+Qr6oJ7z12tsq8VdbWopIH3bJxkwM mFRVGqQc/3AKkjIIdnw8M2M4BawcddbrZoThn/MY41xHbNbENl1pVC1dXtViPzVU1HRr YAmj/55LPYFOXIYwPpE4uSzKQ+Kv7mo4HOIfKEp9LLWNkM+5xbxZ4kHTK8xCC4P1PWN8 Axuw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition; bh=y5bqr/MX8+xAN8A1lVpNawJ7IQIz85FXouL6AozuaSM=; b=GQB1y+YCvPqHCUCnQzyN0IpFCC0M6uobGbVC+qKgBdjHj/n3PJgMcTCLetk38c4xqP 9qAyA/rOMcscJnnaZ+wW0oe4b6JF6fg4VOb5Sv3CDVt4G6qAtMly1B+gFmxoDd9skrqw 1QHI7uHg22hYwxjy5qV9jiQGE8Olwa+aoI3g7akJK7AgYqkP3FnPqQM6muPLBiDLME2/ ogRNBB/5n+cB6SqQWyDsf4JsYQODkzaA84A99zApHlZon+xSAk6mD/OhBKkPhzaknjCv GCHMdH5HSrsKkMVH7jvrDc8yjMuZud0JAcxgBkjQhcVBtzF5xpTorbiIhO3mNTrMzdjh Az8w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531ziv5R6Rr4MGkBNva7P13ukhQWtfZqPAzKOzT2r/GjQmxsU/GS BZap5LILPEBdRA3Cje+0RkFdQRLLlPE9sg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzX6UVGmVOzwnaAprozuSuVIeKCdPnd7m2o//F13GO+i80sLlYYdmLO3OtFBEBJEoZICzQ65Q== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:d181:: with SMTP id fu1mr2838896pjb.137.1628525615755; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 09:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from realwakka ([59.12.165.26]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n185sm6649698pfn.171.2021.08.09.09.13.34 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 09 Aug 2021 09:13:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 16:13:28 +0000 From: Sidong Yang To: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org Subject: A question about staging driver like pi433 Message-ID: <20210809161328.GA33783@realwakka> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org Hi all, I have a question about staging driver. I'm a newbie kernel developer and I tried contributed some patches for staging drivers. In those staging drivers, I'm interested in pi433 and wrote some patches for it about 2 years ago. and then I tried to go deeper for that. I tried to buy pi433 device but I can't. It seems that no longer available. In this case, pi433 should be removed from source tree? If not, It's okay to send patches for it? Thanks, Sidong _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies