From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:37247 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752913Ab1I0TdM (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:33:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:33:00 +0200 From: Stefan Richter To: Greg KH Cc: Devin Heitmueller , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Patrick Dickey , LMML , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org Subject: Re: Staging submission: PCTV 80e and PCTV 74e drivers (was Re: Problems cloning the git repostories) Message-ID: <20110927213300.6893677a@stein> In-Reply-To: <20110927174307.GD24197@suse.de> References: <4E7F1FB5.5030803@gmail.com> <4E7FF0A0.7060004@gmail.com> <20110927094409.7a5fcd5a@stein> <20110927174307.GD24197@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sep 27 Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 09:44:09AM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: > > Adding Cc: staging maintainer and mailinglist. > > > > On Sep 26 Devin Heitmueller wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab > > > wrote: > > > > In summary, if you don't have a couple hours to make your driver to > > > > match Kernel Coding Style, just send it as is to /drivers/staging, c/c > > > > me and Greg KH, and that's it. > > > > > > PULL http://kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/v4l-dvb-80e/ > > > PULL http://kernellabs.com/hg/~dheitmueller/v4l-dvb-as102-2/ > > I can't do that as I need some commit messages in a format we can accept > (i.e. your directory structure doesn't match what we need in the kernel > tree from what I can tell.) [...] > As the drivers don't seem to be touched in way over a year, odds are the > code isn't going to be able to build as-is, so it will require some > changes for basic issues. > > And I'll glady accept patches for the staging tree. Also note that > we've just created a drivers/staging/media/ tree to house lots of > different v4l drivers that are being worked on in the staging tree to > help coordinate this type of work better. The conversion into patches with proper changelog, fitting directory structure, and basic build-ability in current staging is exactly the first step for which a volunteer is sought (next would then be the cleanup associated with staging->mainline transition); Devin noted that he is not going to dedicate time for these types of tasks. (I for one also won't; still got plenty to do in some other drivers...) -- Stefan Richter -=====-==-== =--= ==-== http://arcgraph.de/sr/