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=-3.5 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 75800C4338F for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:13:56 +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 CA56160E97 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:13:55 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org CA56160E97 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 1mDL0Y-0006Pb-L0; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:13:02 -0400 Received: from wout3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.19]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mDL0T-0006P3-Jo for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:12:58 -0400 Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.west.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16A0832007D7; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:12:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:12:50 -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=bkcKPudfytR15lVHa+GX8RQbGlv KXr+BqfV5Kozsdoc=; b=EE7xffDJ4rnosFL86zbVqd8ArbrwpaGSgKJZ7cCRu8r h7x33BAQpuUE9Zi9yvVSI0g6gFJTI2a3Bc+ieBGt6BlvcUUAgOGuIh94Lzj6bNbr 04QgBeqXeOjTKFK7imqQpEd4bfj78vGwD6TXyKvE8PQmmd2i3lIZzhuDcFl3pAgh sI+99ITq9AmjNHrny1pPqY4hPFUJDmFD13F6la1Ik/GszjbuAywNxE9y3hL55Tpm SZvegqU+82szg1Wwu24Le6dxXSpo0G+HqSAqyrLACaOS6gr9RquYp/TyxrILwWlV vU0Ojl8X5hFQqYL6Vu9LQjxBH+HWHCvE9ju2NwxNJhw== 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=bkcKPu dfytR15lVHa+GX8RQbGlvKXr+BqfV5Kozsdoc=; b=LJYIO+mv9R885t0nUgODCH zdr1734bhBNFFGJNwjx8vJ7IL6aLjeHJBrcQmQcFb4dTin18mlYj09B4PNaHf6+t EFrBt/Hfp+1jrafexYPHhImXNvD/Wq9wxHMwjttVau1W7HmgGLX0UeQ1dynyrg9n OoMGDU+sCAeNTkLQvTMtWBQFV9wCVFkHLPUFekUp8w6x01W/ltt1C8exHWjHgcUG qL89hVQ8F7bx8BiR4rYBbrEIsCs6Rfbdh5i+XN/BBfoIAPS3tU0thvlQIG6v+vrF qRKGeE1PQjGk5jw0fLfTjLTKijxTFj75/Cx7LLO3TI4R1uOXkh4feMqqSt2kDw+A == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvtddrjeekgddutdehucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvuffkfhggtggujgesthdtre dttddtvdenucfhrhhomhepifhrvghgucfmjfcuoehgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhhdrtghomheq necuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepveeuheejgfffgfeivddukedvkedtleelleeghfeljeeiue eggeevueduudekvdetnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghi lhhfrhhomhepghhrvghgsehkrhhorghhrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 10 Aug 2021 02:12:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:12:46 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Sidong Yang Subject: Re: A question about staging driver like pi433 Message-ID: References: <20210809161328.GA33783@realwakka> <20210809232713.GA34370@realwakka> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210809232713.GA34370@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 11:27:13PM +0000, Sidong Yang wrote: > On Mon, Aug 09, 2021 at 08:20:03PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > 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? > > Yeah, I thought there is no user using this device. I realized that it > was bad idea. Is there no one using this? That's kind of hard to determine, and is a problem we have at times :( thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies