From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946876AbdDYRyU (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:54:20 -0400 Received: from bh-25.webhostbox.net ([208.91.199.152]:40171 "EHLO bh-25.webhostbox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946684AbdDYRyI (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:54:08 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:54:02 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Heikki Krogerus , badhri@google.com, Oliver Neukum , Mats Karrman , Felipe Balbi , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: typec: tcpm/tcpci drivers acceptable for drivers/staging in v4.12 ? Message-ID: <20170425175402.GA28665@roeck-us.net> References: <20170425165031.GA10159@roeck-us.net> <20170425173742.GA20305@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170425173742.GA20305@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Authenticated_sender: guenter@roeck-us.net X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bh-25.webhostbox.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - roeck-us.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: bh-25.webhostbox.net: authenticated_id: guenter@roeck-us.net X-Authenticated-Sender: bh-25.webhostbox.net: guenter@roeck-us.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 07:37:42PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 09:50:31AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > > > would you be open to accepting the tcpm [1] and tcpci [2] drivers into > > drivers/staging for v4.12 ? > > What's the rush? > It has been a long time, and it avoids duplicate work and submissions, including for drivers depending on it, such as the fusb302 driver submitted by Hans de Goede [1] for which we have a (not yet published) driver based on tcpm as well. If for nothing else, it widens the audience. > > The drivers are not ready for prime time, yet there is interest by others > > to have them available and to help improving the code. I could create a > > repository/branch at github to enable that, but drivers/staging seems to be > > a better approach. > > Sure, if you want to maintain it in the kernel, and send me patches that > way for changes, I'll be glad to take them into staging, just send me a > patch that adds them to the tree and I'll merge them for 4.12-rc1. > Ok, will do. Thanks, Guenter --- [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/21/312