From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard Cochran Subject: Re: Fwd: [PATCH 2/5] ARM: OMAP3+: hwmod: Add AM33XX HWMOD data for davinci_mdio Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:27:32 +0200 Message-ID: <20121018182732.GC2350@netboy.at.omicron.at> References: <20121017181354.GA2412@netboy.at.omicron.at> <20121017235045.GB30550@atomide.com> <20121018030654.GE2867@netboy.at.omicron.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]:42099 "EHLO mail-wi0-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752080Ab2JRS1n (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:27:43 -0400 Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id hr7so2443207wib.1 for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:27:42 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-omap-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org To: Paul Walmsley Cc: Tony Lindgren , linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Mugunthan V N On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 03:46:15AM +0000, Paul Walmsley wrote: > > It doesn't necessarily mean that the driver is usable in that kernel > release. Well, it should. We have staging for half-baked stuff. > Either way, the patch is likely to make it into the mainline kernel. > It's just that it will probably take a few weeks longer than you might > like. I don't mind waiting for a driver that is held off because of missing background support. I *do* mind if y'all go merging all kinds of code that has never been tested. Those who submit and their reviewers should ensure that the code is actually working. Before buying hardware or starting projects, I often check what is in mainline. I expect that mainline has been at least minimally tested. Maybe that is just me, or maybe people working on the ARM tree have different expectations. Thanks, Richard