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=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,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 0C88CC432BE for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 18:20:37 +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 8C1EE60F8F for ; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 18:20:36 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org 8C1EE60F8F Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kroah.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 1mD9sl-0006tz-M9; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:20:15 -0400 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mD9si-0006tj-Uv for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:20:13 -0400 Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA4055C00BA; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 14:20:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:20:07 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kroah.com; h= date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=fm1; bh=IDUCyLQ0o/TkAQndS+sG2LHemtN mGu1fGhAn3K+Ta7Q=; b=AIgfse9nkcAzjK0YKwvDPvq8Xsvni2GiN1x8A4DYwFb +3P0b7vv/AGqlvvM54rMly0G0GgVNTkEc3KZTeEYSSzD0hQxl14nTDXWXNeD99gG gsJlwk78mY/CdlFXT6K2vlYr+EIyoAj7UHVQj7w48gxHj+D6MJ3AKS2ekuxXq8eg 9CORQp70UhnSPN0mbGncG8rRfupHs58PmGROZULd72OISDgOpV0tg9FjPtV60KJk G9fRiuQkoEh55zllE34cNYvZZH3ftuEmqpS4hG7HvSSOHF+Gi/JHcISdCng3AIjb 0h6sH1RO8qji/olS9dVls1CNrYVSpy19aV80PyHX8MQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=IDUCyL Q0o/TkAQndS+sG2LHemtNmGu1fGhAn3K+Ta7Q=; b=VNoXhKlyBePUYX7t14jXLb DjUt9LmRLh3pO+bwuWGKCkrZrct2IwgrY0Wqt6z7K/a58IRsqBfRiqtJJ/0wDEg7 h30ivHzFaM155aZXHU+pHWWjUdkkAf4zjxjNUGzwGnEW1LrRUgy4tmIlIuFnG8UY Zi6dVSmcqAwnGk1huBVAF52alNk2hf4yRoq5JLPFaJVunwfvKaOj53aV057GPV/8 ML32eM0Ao2Wc+RRGmng8GKdvynEESlnN8HtUC4BkLKh9pfHOcvPf9PxhXZc6+jhc F0FwLd9N8OD2DcnDdJ0AMgB/G2wHReh8SlrxsObJqboxy3H8yHY+F7ikB1USZPyQ == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddrjeejgdduvdegucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkfhggtggujgesthdtre dttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepifhrvghgucfmjfcuoehgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhhdrtghomheq necuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepveeuheejgfffgfeivddukedvkedtleelleeghfeljeeiue eggeevueduudekvdetnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghi lhhfrhhomhepghhrvghgsehkrhhorghhrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 14:20:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 20:20:03 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Sidong Yang Subject: Re: A question about staging driver like pi433 Message-ID: References: <20210809161328.GA33783@realwakka> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210809161328.GA33783@realwakka> Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org 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 On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 04:13:28PM +0000, Sidong Yang wrote: > 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? Why would it be removed if people still use it? > If not, It's okay to send patches for it? Please do! thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies