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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:57:30 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
Cc: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@jmondi.org>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] staging: iio: imu: Add CEVA BNO08x driver
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 12:36:34PM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> Hi Greg
> 
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 12:26:18PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 12:00:06PM +0200, Jacopo Mondi wrote:
> > > From: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> > >
> > > Add support for CEVA BNO08x Sensor Hub.
> > >
> > > The BNO08X family (BNO080/85/86) is a System in Package (SiP) that
> > > integrates a triaxial accelerometer, triaxial gyroscope, magnetometer
> > > and a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0+ microcontroller running CEVA's SH-2
> > > firmware.
> > >
> > > Datasheet:
> > > https://www.ceva-dsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BNO080_085-Datasheet.pdf
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@jmondi.org>
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS                             |   7 +
> > >  drivers/staging/iio/Kconfig             |   1 +
> > >  drivers/staging/iio/Makefile            |   1 +
> > >  drivers/staging/iio/imu/bno08x/Kconfig  |  11 +
> > >  drivers/staging/iio/imu/bno08x/Makefile |   3 +
> > >  drivers/staging/iio/imu/bno08x/bno08x.c | 618 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > Why are you adding a new driver to staging/iio/ and not to the real part
> > of the kernel?  What needs to be done to it to get it out of here?
> 
> Mostly because I don't have access to the hw development platform
> anymore, and the one I had was not reliable enough for any further
> development anyway.
> 
> I went for staging as I cannot guarantee I can test any requested
> change on the series.
> 
> I'm afraid this is a "take it or leave it" series, and as the driver
> does anyway work (even if for a single feature) I thought it was worth
> sending it upstream anyway.

Sure, but staging is not a dumping ground, if you want to submit it and
run away, I can't take it here, sorry.

Perhaps just let this live as a patch on the mailing list and if anyone
else wants to pick it up and maintain it, they can do so.

thanks,

greg k-h