From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jaya Kumar" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 2.6.24] fbdev: defio and Metronomefb v3 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:18:35 -0500 Message-ID: <45a44e480802200518s21aeb938pd2375de44fc00b31@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080218134125.5159.58386.sendpatchset@nxdomain.guide.opendns.com> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JRoqM-0001tE-P2 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:18:39 -0800 Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.176]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1JRoqL-0006RB-AC for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:18:38 -0800 Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id y26so1296299ele.18 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:18:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: adaplas@pol.net, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, sfr@canb.auug.org.au On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Jaya Kumar wrote: > > This patch implements support for the E-Ink Metronome controller. It > > provides an mmapable interface to the controller using defio support. > > > > I welcome your feedback. Please let me know if it looks okay to apply. > > To me it looks OK. > Thanks Geert. I have a follow-up question on the next steps of getting this merged. I saw Stephen Rothwell's announcement of a new tree called linux-next. [ http://lwn.net/Articles/268881/ ] He also said: " otoh, a lot of the -mm queue is _not_ cross-subsystem: fbdev, uml, various new drivers and features, etc. So I'll need to split -mm into multiple queues and feed many of them into linux-next. " I have not understood this. Does this mean that this type of patch, ie: a new fbdev driver, should aim towards merging into akpm's -mm tree? or that there needs to be a fbdev subsystem git tree that Stephen can pull from into linux-next? Thanks, jaya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/