Re: merging new drivers (was Re: 2.6.18 -mm merge plans)

Arjan van de Ven
2006-06-05T10:36:35Z

On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 11:32 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Llu, 2006-06-05 am 08:58 +0200, ysgrifennodd Francois Romieu:
> > Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> :
> > [...]
> > > In general, I'm a bit disappointed at the time it takes new drivers to
> > > reach the upstream kernel. I grant that a lot of vendor drivers are
> > > unreadable, unmergable shite... but on the other side of the coin, I
> > > see a lot of decent drivers get stalled simply because they aren't
> > > perfect.
> >
> > Could you provide an informal list of a few drivers which are currently
> > stalled ?
>
> It isn't just drivers. Xen has the same problem.

Xen has many problems. This is not nearly their biggest ;)