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SubjectRe: Broadcom 43xx first results
Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
>>>That's because you still don't get how we do development. The last thing
>>>we want is full-scale rewrites. Submit patches to fix things based on
>>>whatever you want but do it incremental.
>>
>>We have got almost finished and working stack. Everything we need to do
>>is:
>>1. identify issues;
>>2. fix the issues; some of them will need broader discussion;
>>3. split it into several (potentially a lot of) reviewable patches;
>>4. clean up the drivers.
>>
>>I'm in phase 2 now (no interesting results yet). I don't think it is
>
>
> No, it does not work like that. You don't get nice, reviewable,
> mergeable patches by developing code independently for 3 years or so
> then attempting merge.
>
> If devicescape code is better than mainline, merge it _now_. If it is
> not, drop it and start from mainline code.

Merge now even if it breaks the current tree? I for one would certainly
rather he finish his work on it and get it more polished. Reviewing and
testing something that actually works would be a lot more fun...


--
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com

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