Re: Adding a new platform

[vb <vb@vsbe.com>]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Haavard Skinnemoen
<haavard.skinnemoen@atmel.com> wrote:
> vb <vb@vsbe.com> wrote:
>> Would such a driver be accepted? Wouldn't such a driver get stale
>> after a few kernel releases?
>
> Yes, the kernel contains tons of such platform-specific drivers. No, it
> won't get stale as long as someone who has access to the hardware is
> willing to test a -rc kernel every once in a while.
>
> You can't really expect to get away with no maintenance at all, but in
> my experience, it takes much less effort to maintain a driver in-tree
> than out-of-tree. It's also much easier to get help if it's in-tree.
>

fair enough, maybe this paragraph should be added to the original document.

cheers,
/v

> Haavard
>