Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:06:11 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv1] staging: Synaptics RMI4 touchpad driver support |
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On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:03:37 -0700 Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 05:38:45PM +0530, Naveen Kumar G wrote: > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/drivers/staging/ste_rmi4/TODO > > @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ > > +TODO > > +---- > > + > > +Wait for the official upstream synaptics rmi4 clearpad drivers as promised over the past few months > > +Merge any device support needed from this driver into it > > +Delete this driver > > Huh? > > Why not just add this driver to the kernel tree instead? When the > "promised" driver then eventually shows up (who is promising it?) then > delete the thing.
I've suggested that in the past.
> But until then, why is this needed to go into the staging tree? Is > there any other main reason it should be here and not in the "real" part > of the kernel?
It's a driver nobody wants to commit to keeping around when there is eventually a general purpose driver. In other words things like module names will change.
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