Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add STMicroelectronics LPS001WP pressure sensor device driver into misc | Date | Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:31:21 +0100 |
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On Tuesday 15 March 2011, Mark Brown wrote: > > 2) Basically make a copy. This would look like the original patch set did when we went > > A third option is just to lift everything out of staging roughly as it > is now with anything that definitely needs redoing dropped, addressing > any review comments for mainline but not doing much else, and then > resume working on adding additional stuff. It sounds like the userspace > interfaces that are there at present are mostly OK and most of the > issues are in-kernel? > > You could perhaps have a Kconfig control for disabling any experimental > features in the API if you want to give people hints about areas that > are likely to churn.
I agree, that sounds like a good idea for preparing the code before a split.
Arnd
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