Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] isci: core

Jeff Garzik
2011-03-15T18:09:01Z

On 03/15/2011 01:55 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 01:47:12PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> Let's get this driver into staging for 2.6.39, if it isn't going to
>> hit the merge window for 2.6.39.
>>
>> It would lame for such [presumably] high volume hardware to be in
>> neither the main kernel, nor staging, at 2.6.39 release time.
>
> What's the point of staging? That just causes tons of poinless churn.
> Linus has made it clear that normal high volume hardware drivers can go
> in after the merge window. So let's just polish it for another few
> weeks and then put it in where it belongs.

That's fine... if that really happens.

It seemed like this was turning into another driver that would get held
outside the kernel until it's "perfect." If that is the case, Linus has
also made it clear we should get drivers for high volume, shipping
hardware into the kernel, even if its staging, if the alternative is to
deny users the driver.

Jeff