From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: vb Subject: Re: Adding a new platform Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:39:17 -0700 Message-ID: References: <48AB0A7A.8040209@cisco.com> <7d1d9c250808192019g6ec73ec7x53563b8ad2130df@mail.gmail.com> <7d1d9c250808192129j3fb7ef28p8f404c6affd82078@mail.gmail.com> <20080820101044.5df8b7d8@hskinnemo-gx745.norway.atmel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=ohXzzxFroYexCsORSCP6xo4cwOEqP3nCULYJIydLnIA=; b=cg7n0qgjJrXigBsMFGVgfwDOnVxqUdoEg1LHfR1855svlXHj7grZwj4DYLL+86ULzr mQxCo+YJNoIKwUlRMqGuOitCod82S/tQtUIr6wGJZM+KZtACmnJp6cugNfbAAUNRqZ2I yyn4PuFJKO9n2YHPgW29L8wNuAUyTuGarvRUc= In-Reply-To: <20080820101044.5df8b7d8@hskinnemo-gx745.norway.atmel.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Haavard Skinnemoen Cc: Linux Embedded Maillist , corbet@lwn.net On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Haavard Skinnemoen wrote: > vb 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 >