From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] linux-staging tree created Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:11:18 -0700 Message-ID: <20080702231118.GB20129@kroah.com> References: <20080610190540.GA25066@kroah.com> <20080617125103.GA4211@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:49942 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752444AbYGBXQK (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:16:10 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080617125103.GA4211@ucw.cz> Sender: linux-next-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Pavel Machek Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-next@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Rothwell On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 02:51:04PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > What this tree is not: > > - it is not a place to dump code and then run away, hoping that > > someone else will do the cleanup work for you. While there > > are developers available to do this kind of work, you need to > > get someone to agree to "babysit" the code. > > Hmm, how do I tap into that developer pool? :-) > > Kohjinsha wifi driver is in state where it was ported to mac80211, and > it still works with minimum features, but it needs dead code removal > and rewriting the rest. That code is really very ugly. > > I can do the handholding; I can probably do the rewrite, too (its > 10000LoC), but it will take time... If the patch at least builds, send it to me for inclusion in -staging if you want to get some exposure for it. thanks, greg k-h