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From: Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>
To: Ralph Metzler <rjkm@metzlerbros.de>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ngene cam device name
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:57:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201103290057.03664@orion.escape-edv.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19855.55774.192407.326483@morden.metzler>

On Monday 28 March 2011 02:44:14 Ralph Metzler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since I just saw cxd2099 appear in staging in the latest git kernel, a
> simple question which has been pointed out to me before:
> 
> Why is cxd2099.c in staging regarding the device name question?
> It has nothing to do with the naming.

Well, it was a political decision. ;-)

Afaics there were 3 alternatives:
(1) Do not submit the cxd driver.
(2) Move cxd to staging.
(3) Move ngene to staging.

Imho option (2) was the one with minimal impact.

CU
Oliver

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-28 22:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-12 14:34 [PATCH] Ngene cam device name Issa Gorissen
2011-03-12 14:58 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-28  0:44   ` Ralph Metzler
2011-03-28 21:40     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-04-24  9:31       ` Issa Gorissen
2011-03-28 22:57     ` Oliver Endriss [this message]
2011-04-05 21:50       ` Issa Gorissen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-05-06 18:29 Issa Gorissen
2011-05-08  9:53 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-08 10:30   ` Issa Gorissen
2011-05-06 13:47 Issa Gorissen
2011-05-06 16:07 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-04 14:51 Issa Gorissen
2011-05-04 14:05 Issa Gorissen
2011-05-04 14:27 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-04 11:09 Issa Gorissen
2011-05-04 11:07 Issa Gorissen
2011-05-04 13:51 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-04  8:27 Issa Gorissen
2011-05-04  9:59 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-04 11:20   ` Ralph Metzler
2011-05-04 12:30     ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-04 13:15       ` Ralph Metzler
2011-05-04 13:35       ` Martin Vidovic
2011-05-04 14:46         ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-05 14:43           ` Martin Vidovic
2011-05-06 12:17             ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-06 13:43               ` Walter Van Eetvelt
2011-05-08 10:05               ` Martin Vidovic
2011-05-08 17:58                 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-05-08 23:55                   ` Martin Vidovic
2011-05-09 11:44                     ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-04-24 11:38 Issa Gorissen
2011-05-03 23:11 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-05-04  7:24   ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-12 15:39 Issa Gorissen
2011-03-12 14:10 Issa Gorissen
2011-03-12 14:48 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-12 14:57   ` Martin Vidovic
2011-03-12 15:06     ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-11 18:33 Issa Gorissen
2011-03-11 20:39 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-11 21:46   ` Ralph Metzler
2011-03-12 13:25     ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-12 13:55       ` Ralph Metzler
2011-03-10 15:29 Issa Gorissen
2011-03-11 15:52 ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-11 21:44   ` Martin Vidovic
2011-03-12 13:29     ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-12 14:05       ` Ralph Metzler
2011-03-12 14:38         ` Andreas Oberritter
2011-03-12 15:06           ` Ralph Metzler
2011-03-12 23:42       ` Oliver Endriss
2011-03-13 10:47         ` Martin Vidovic
2011-03-16 22:07           ` Issa Gorissen
2011-03-18 20:20             ` Martin Vidovic

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