Re: [PATCH 10/10] added kernel build, configuration, and TODO files

Greg KH
2014-11-04T18:03:00Z

On Tue, Nov 04, 2014 at 09:55:19AM -0800, sostalle wrote:
> >On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 01:24:04PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> >>On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 12:42:57PM -0800, Stephanie Wallick wrote:
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/drivers/staging/mausb/TODO
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> >> +TODO:
> >> + - checkpatch.pl cleanups
> >
> >Is this still true?
> >
>
> checkpatch.pl reports:
> total: 7 errors, 208 warnings, 10489 lines checked

Ok, fair enough.

> >And why does this need to be a staging driver? What's wrong with making
> >it a "real" driver now?
> >
>
> The short answer is: We don't think it's ready to be "real".
>
> We didn't want to release it as a "real" driver because:
> - It's not stable enough yet.
> - It doesn't implement all the features required by the MA USB spec.
> - The MA USB spec isn't standalone. It requires a supplemental spec
> to define media-specific behavior, like how MA USB packets are
> encapsulated, how to discover MA USB devices on a network, etc.
> So far, no media-specific specifications have been published.
> - There are no commercially-available Media Agnostic USB devices.
>
> We wanted to release it to staging now because:
> - We have received requests from multiple companies for our host MA USB
> driver. Putting it in staging seemed the best way to distribute it.
> - We feel that releasing what we have to staging now could promote
> collaboration on one driver & help prevent duplicate work.

Ok, please include that information in the first email, it's much more
helpful :)

Can you resend this series, and cc: the linux-usb mailing list, and
address the "what about usbip?" questions as well?

thanks,

greg k-h