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charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Greg, It was section 2.5 of the kernel development process, "staging trees". In particular, statement "where many sub-directories for drivers or=20 filesystems that are on their way to being added to the kernel tree=20 live" caught our attention. Now, by reading it once again, I see that the rest of the section is in=20 line with your comment. We'll address all comments received so far, and resubmit patch onto=20 appropriate repository. With that being said, is USB subsystem tree=20 (drivers/usb within usb.git repo) correct one? Please, advise. Thanks. Regards, Vladimir. On 22.1.20. 08:48, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 07:40:59AM +0000, Vladimir Stankovic wrote: >> Hi Greg, >> >> Our intention was to follow Linux kernel development process and add our >> driver to staging first. >=20 > That's not the "normal" development process at all, where did you read > that? >=20 > staging is only for code that needs lots of work, and almost always > merging a driver through staging takes _more_ work from the submitter > than it does to submit it through the "normal" subsystem. >=20 > So if you want to do more work, hey, by all means, send it here :) >=20 > thanks, >=20 > greg k-h >=20