From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-qg0-f42.google.com ([209.85.192.42]:64364 "EHLO mail-qg0-f42.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755973AbbBPQBT (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:01:19 -0500 Received: by mail-qg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id z107so23960384qgd.1 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:01:18 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54E2144C.7030206@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 11:01:16 -0500 From: Michael Hall MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hans Verkuil , Steven Zakulec , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Can the patch adding support for the Tasco USB microscope be queued up? References: <54E20D3E.9020308@gmail.com> <54E20F64.5060506@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <54E20F64.5060506@xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: My apologies, the other emails were sent to linux-uvc-devel, not linux-media. Do you want an attached patch file, or simply a diff in the body of the email? I'm also not clear on what you mean by "correct Signed-off-by line", I have very little experience with git, I've mostly used bzr. Michael Hall mhall119@gmail.com On 02/16/2015 10:40 AM, Hans Verkuil wrote: > On 02/16/2015 04:31 PM, Michael Hall wrote: >> This is now the 3rd or 4th email to this list requesting that this patch >> be merged in. If there is something wrong with the patch that needs >> fixing, please let me know and I will work on the fix. Otherwise I've >> lost interest in pushing to get it into upstream. > > I can't remember ever seeing a patch for that posted to the linux-media > mailinglist. > > The best way is just to post the patch to this mailinglist, check that it > appears in patchwork (https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/project/linux-media/list/), > make sure you keep the author and correct Signed-off-by line and it's > *guaranteed* that someone will look at it, and merge it or reply to it > if there are problems. > > Mails like 'please pick up a patch from some other git repo' are very > likely to be forgotten due to volume of other postings. Patchwork won't > pick them up and that's what we all rely on. > > So if either of you can just post this as a properly formatted patch, > then it will be taken care of. > > Regards, > > Hans > >> >> Michael Hall >> mhall119@gmail.com >> >> On 02/16/2015 10:08 AM, Steven Zakulec wrote: >>> Hi, as an owner of a Tasco/Aveo USB microscope detected but not >>> working under Linux, I'd really like to see the patch adding this >>> variant added to the kernel. I've copied the patch's author on the >>> email. >>> The people on the linux-uvc-devel list directed me over here. >>> >>> The patch here: >>> http://sourceforge.net/p/linux-uvc/mailman/message/32434617/ , itself >>> an update of an earlier patch: >>> http://sourceforge.net/p/linux-uvc/mailman/message/29835445/ works. >>> The patch does make the USB microscope work where it didn't work at all before. >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> >