Re: [PATCH 000/196] V4L/DVB updates

Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2007-02-15T11:24:25Z

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Heikki Orsila wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 03:59:55AM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>> Basically, this series adds support for a bunch of newer cards and newer
>> drivers, do some relevant cleanups on cx88 (improving source code
>> readability and reducing binary code size), adds FM radio support on
>> pvrusb2 and do several other fixes and improvements.
>>
>> A more detailed log:
>>
>> [removed 100+ lines of stuff]
>>>
>> PS.: Due to the size of this series, I'm not mailbombing them into LKML.
>>
>> V4L/DVB development is hosted at http://linuxtv.org
>
> Why weren't these submitted in smaller batches? Why were all these
> patches held back before releasing any?
All those patches are meant to 2.6.21, since they are mostly
improvements, and are being pushed, from time to time, into -mm series,
during -rc cycle.

It should also be noticed that they are discussed on subsystem mailing
lists.

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Cheers,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab
http://linuxtv.org
mchehab@infradead.org