On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Haavard Skinnemoen <haavard.skinnemoen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > vb <vb@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Would such a driver be accepted? Wouldn't such a driver get stale >> after a few kernel releases? > > Yes, the kernel contains tons of such platform-specific drivers. No, it > won't get stale as long as someone who has access to the hardware is > willing to test a -rc kernel every once in a while. > > You can't really expect to get away with no maintenance at all, but in > my experience, it takes much less effort to maintain a driver in-tree > than out-of-tree. It's also much easier to get help if it's in-tree. > fair enough, maybe this paragraph should be added to the original document. cheers, /v > Haavard > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
