public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Cc: pavan_savoy@ti.com, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pavan_savoy@yahoo.co.in
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] serial: TTY: new ldisc for TI BT/FM/GPS chips
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:48:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100324024830.GA4642@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1269397490.11714.104.camel@localhost.localdomain>

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 07:24:50PM -0700, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > +#define N_TI_WL	20	/* for TI's WL connectivity chips */
> >  
> >  /*
> >   * This character is the same as _POSIX_VDISABLE: it cannot be used as
> 
> why is this even targeting staging. I prefer if we have proper review
> cycles and get this reviewed this way. This looks like more a shortcut
> to get things into the kernel than actually spending the effort to clean
> things up.
> 
> If this would be just a driver, I wouldn't care, but it tries to assign
> official numbers for a line discipline and clearly collides with other
> peoples work that are going the proper upstream review cycles.
> 
> Greg, I would like to see the rule that if it touches files outside of
> drivers/staging/ then it is not eligible for staging.

That is a rule already :)

See my complaint about this a few minutes ago.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-24  2:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-23 20:41 [v3] New ldisc for WiLink7.0 pavan_savoy
2010-03-23 20:41 ` [PATCH 1/7] serial: TTY: new ldisc for TI BT/FM/GPS chips pavan_savoy
2010-03-23 20:41   ` [PATCH 2/7] drivers:staging: Kconfig, Makefile for TI's ST ldisc pavan_savoy
2010-03-23 20:41     ` [PATCH 3/7] drivers:staging: sources for ST core pavan_savoy
2010-03-23 20:41       ` [PATCH 4/7] drivers:staging: sources for Init manager module pavan_savoy
2010-03-23 20:41         ` [PATCH 5/7] drivers:staging: sources for HCI LL PM protocol pavan_savoy
2010-03-23 20:41           ` [PATCH 6/7] drivers:staging: sources for ST header file pavan_savoy
2010-03-23 20:41             ` [PATCH 7/7] Documentation/ABI: for N_TI_SHARED ldisc pavan_savoy
2010-03-24  2:29               ` Greg KH
2010-03-24  2:28     ` [PATCH 2/7] drivers:staging: Kconfig, Makefile for TI's ST ldisc Greg KH
2010-03-24  2:30     ` Greg KH
2010-03-24  2:24   ` [PATCH 1/7] serial: TTY: new ldisc for TI BT/FM/GPS chips Marcel Holtmann
2010-03-24  2:48     ` Greg KH [this message]
2010-03-24  2:28   ` Greg KH
2010-03-24  8:43     ` Alan Cox
2010-03-24 15:49       ` Greg KH

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20100324024830.GA4642@suse.de \
    --to=gregkh@suse.de \
    --cc=alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=marcel@holtmann.org \
    --cc=pavan_savoy@ti.com \
    --cc=pavan_savoy@yahoo.co.in \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox