Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:08:59 -0500 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: Free Linux Driver Development! |
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Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:00:15 -0500 Theodore Tso wrote: .. >> More specifically, Dave said that it "seemed rude" to just take the >> driver and send updates, but maybe the best way of dealing with >> out-of-tree drivers like lirc is to treat the out-of-tree drivers as a >> kind of spec release, and just have someone in the community forcibly >> take the code, fix it up, and then get it merged. Maybe it's being >> "rude", but so is not responding to requests to get it merged.
I believe a BIG reason why lots of open-source drivers are out-of-tree right now, is because lkml is perceived as being wayyyyyy too fussy and petty about 80-column lines, brackets, etc.. for new code.
It's just not worth the effort/abuse for many maintainers to pursue it.
> and I'm quite willing to apply Doc/CodingStyle to driver source file(s). > That's as easy as replying to an email with comments about it.
That's a very decent offer, and exactly what's needed here!
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