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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 21:44:55 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > I think you're asking to be accepted in a Linux-Staging kind of a way?  
> 
> Or maybe real staging, driver/staging ? Add a TODO and GregKH might
> accept it.

Ah, I was half joking, that always backfires.

We merge a driver of this size in every release cycle. Nobody else
needed training wheels to upstream an Ethernet driver for as long
as I remember. It'd be best if Pavan left negotiations on how to get
the driver merged to people with more upstream experience.