From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261811AbULURUw (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:20:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261814AbULURUw (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:20:52 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:12230 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261811AbULURUf (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:20:35 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] ieee1394_core.c: remove unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOL's From: Lee Revell To: Greg KH Cc: Adrian Bunk , Dan Dennedy , Ben Collins , Linux1394-Devel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20041221171702.GE1459@kroah.com> References: <20041220015320.GO21288@stusta.de> <1103508610.3724.69.camel@kino.dennedy.org> <20041220022503.GT21288@stusta.de> <1103510535.1252.18.camel@krustophenia.net> <1103516870.3724.103.camel@kino.dennedy.org> <20041220225324.GY21288@stusta.de> <1103583486.1252.102.camel@krustophenia.net> <20041221171702.GE1459@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:20:32 -0500 Message-Id: <1103649633.9220.12.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 09:17 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 05:58:06PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 23:53 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > The solution is simple: > > > The vendor or services provider submits his driver for inclusion into > > > the kernel which is the best solution for everyone. > > > > > > > What if the driver is under development and doesn't work yet? > > Many drivers have been accepted into the kernel tree before they worked > properly :) Yeah but I hope you can understand why someone would be hesitant to submit a broken driver. It just makes the author look bad. I would not feel right submitting something that didn't work. Lee