From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261812AbULURS1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:18:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261810AbULURS0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:18:26 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:39573 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261812AbULURSQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Dec 2004 12:18:16 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:17:02 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Lee Revell Cc: Adrian Bunk , Dan Dennedy , Ben Collins , Linux1394-Devel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] ieee1394_core.c: remove unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOL's Message-ID: <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1103583486.1252.102.camel@krustophenia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 :) thanks, greg k-h