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SubjectRe: Problem with restricted I2C algorithms in kernel 2.6.26!
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 10:52:05AM -0700, Trent Piepho wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Aug 2008, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:41:10 -0700 (PDT), Trent Piepho wrote:
> > > Expecting every developer to keep abreast of linux-next and the tens of
> > > thousands of patches it gets just isn't realisitic.
> > >
> > > The embedded platforms I develop on won't run linux-next. Continuously
> > > porting them to linux-next is simply impossible. The man hours required to
> > > do that would be staggering.
> >
> > Once again a "believe me it's impossible" without any good reason
> > given. I fail to see why embedded platforms would be any different from
> > other platforms or subsystem trees. Please enlighten me.
>
> Because they usually require lots of additional patches that aren't in the
> kernel. Sometimes embedded developers try to get these patches into the
> mainline kernel, but some maintainers aren't interested in accepting
> patches that don't appear to be useful to desktop users.
>...

The last thing mustn't happen.

Can you give examples?

cu
Adrian

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"Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed



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