From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Likely Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] Input: gpio_keys.c: Enable use with non-local GPIO chips. Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:58:45 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20110618145154.GA18190@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20110618151645.GG8195@ponder.secretlab.ca> <20110620094815.341d1cff@archvile> <20110620084511.GB23113@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20110621114631.GC25032@sirena.org.uk> <20110621172744.GB26592@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20110621204804.GC3731@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20110621230242.GA8791@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> <20110622070052.GA16561@core.coreip.homeip.net> <20110622113835.GC18726@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from mail-yi0-f46.google.com ([209.85.218.46]:33697 "EHLO mail-yi0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757939Ab1FVO7G convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:59:06 -0400 Received: by yia27 with SMTP id 27so351682yia.19 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:59:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110622113835.GC18726@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Mark Brown Cc: Dmitry Torokhov , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, David Jander , David Jander On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Mark Brown wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:00:52AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:02:42AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: >> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 01:48:05PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > >> > > Can the initcall stuff be kept out of mainline? I'd expect > >> > The init order stuff is in mainline already, you're far too late t= o the >> > party here. > >> For some drivers it might be already in mainline, it does not matter >> that we should continue adding more. > > It's not just a few drivers, there's entire subsystems that are doing > this. > >> > Keeping things in board trees is exactly the sort of thing we want= to >> > avoid people doing. =A0That just means people do all sorts of stuf= f that >> > wouldn't be acceptable upstream, either out of ignorance or throug= h >> > knowing that only their systems have to work with what they're doi= ng, >> > and just don't bother working upstream at all half the time making= life >> > miserable for pretty much everyone. > >> So you are saying that we should accept such crap directly into >> mainline? > > Pretty much, yes. =A0In code terms it's not really invasive and it do= esn't > have any real impact on other systems so it's the sort of thing we ca= n > carry without too much pain. =A0Pragmatically it's not unreasonable. +1 g. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html