From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753162Ab0KBODv (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:03:51 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:38981 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751977Ab0KBODr (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:03:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:03:37 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Naveen Kumar G Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, STEricsson_nomadik_linux@list.st.com Subject: Re: [PATCHv1] staging: Synaptics RMI4 touchpad driver support Message-ID: <20101102140337.GC9387@kroah.com> References: <1288699725-14405-1-git-send-email-naveen.gaddipati@stericsson.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1288699725-14405-1-git-send-email-naveen.gaddipati@stericsson.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 05:38:45PM +0530, Naveen Kumar G wrote: > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/staging/ste_rmi4/TODO > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ > +TODO > +---- > + > +Wait for the official upstream synaptics rmi4 clearpad drivers as promised over the past few months > +Merge any device support needed from this driver into it > +Delete this driver Huh? Why not just add this driver to the kernel tree instead? When the "promised" driver then eventually shows up (who is promising it?) then delete the thing. But until then, why is this needed to go into the staging tree? Is there any other main reason it should be here and not in the "real" part of the kernel? thanks, greg k-h