On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 07:41:08AM +0200, Enric Balletbo Serra wrote: > 2015-09-07 1:27 GMT+02:00 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 11:14:02PM +0200, Enric Balletbo i Serra wrote: > >> The ANX7814 is an ultra-low power Full-HD (1080p60) SlimPort transmitter > >> designed for portable devices. > >> > >> This driver adds initial support and supports HDMI to DP pass-through mode. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> --- > >> drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 + > >> drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 + > >> drivers/staging/slimport/Kconfig | 7 + > >> drivers/staging/slimport/Makefile | 4 + > >> drivers/staging/slimport/slimport.c | 301 +++ > >> drivers/staging/slimport/slimport.h | 49 + > >> drivers/staging/slimport/slimport_tx_drv.c | 3293 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> drivers/staging/slimport/slimport_tx_drv.h | 254 +++ > >> drivers/staging/slimport/slimport_tx_reg.h | 786 +++++++ > > > > Why is this a staging driver? > > What prevents it from being merged into the "real" part of the kernel > > tree? > > > > I'll be glad to move the driver to their subsystem if you think it's a > the better place. Basically there are two reasons why I send the > driver to the staging directory. The first one is because my test > environment is a bit limited, with my environment I can only test the > HDMI to DisplayPort pass-through mode so the driver builds but it's > partially tested. The second one is that I expect I'll need to > refactor some code, specially in slimport_tx_drv.c file to be > accepted, I decided not change too much this file from the original to > not break the functionality, so I thought that will be better send > first to the staging driver to have first reviews. > > > All staging drivers need a TODO file, listing what needs to be done and > > who is in charge of it. I can't take this without that added. > > > > ok, I'll add in the next series once received some feedback (or move > to the video subsystem) I suggest trying to get it merged "properly" first before having to fall-back to the staging subsystem. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
