From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:55069 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757836Ab1CONba (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:31:30 -0400 From: Arnd Bergmann To: Mark Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add STMicroelectronics LPS001WP pressure sensor device driver into misc Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:31:21 +0100 Cc: Jonathan Cameron , Jean Delvare , mems applications , rdunlap@xenotime.net, carmine.iascone@st.com, matteo.dameno@st.com, rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Guenter Roeck , Greg KH , "linux-iio@vger.kernel.org" References: <1300128906-1066-1-git-send-email-matteo.dameno@st.com> <4D7F4944.4070507@cam.ac.uk> <20110315125149.GC17277@sirena.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110315125149.GC17277@sirena.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <201103151431.22052.arnd@arndb.de> Sender: linux-iio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 15 March 2011, Mark Brown wrote: > > 2) Basically make a copy. This would look like the original patch set did when we went > > A third option is just to lift everything out of staging roughly as it > is now with anything that definitely needs redoing dropped, addressing > any review comments for mainline but not doing much else, and then > resume working on adding additional stuff. It sounds like the userspace > interfaces that are there at present are mostly OK and most of the > issues are in-kernel? > > You could perhaps have a Kconfig control for disabling any experimental > features in the API if you want to give people hints about areas that > are likely to churn. I agree, that sounds like a good idea for preparing the code before a split. Arnd