Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:43:39 -0800 | From | Ben Greear <> | Subject | Re: Broadcom 43xx first results |
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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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