From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Werner Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers/misc/eeprom/men_eeprod: Introduce MEN Board Information EEPROM driver Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:04:37 +0200 Message-ID: <20141020100436.GB523@awelinux> References: <20141016085835.GA1273@katana> <20141016102126.GB23256@awelinux> <20141016095910.GC1273@katana> <20141016114401.GA22506@awelinux> <20141020081822.GA1413@katana> <20141020082421.GB1413@katana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141020082421.GB1413@katana> Sender: linux-i2c-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Wolfram Sang Cc: Andreas Werner , gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, johannes.thumshirn-csrFAY9JiS4@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:24:22AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: > * PGP Signed by an unknown key > > > Here it gets frustrating. It seems you have no idea what an OS is for, > > not even after I tried to describe it :( > I am pretty sure that i know what an OS is for. > Sorry, that might have been too strong. Still, we can't map any hardware > which is out there 1:1 into userspace, we need abstraction. > > If you want to help with this abstraction, this is more than > appreciated. If you want to keep your driver, this will have to stay > out-of-tree, I'm afraid. > Yes, my goal is to find a good way to get hardware support upstream, and it is also nice to discuss my point of view with your upstream point of few. And yes, i want to help to find a way to develope an abstraction. Regards Andy > Regards, > > Wolfram > > > * Unknown Key > * 0x14A029B6