Re: [2.6 patch] ieee1394_core.c: remove unneeded EXPORT_SYMBOL's

Lee Revell
2004-12-21T17:20:52Z

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