On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 03:14:48PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > >> +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. The same reason as there were several wireless drivers in staging? > > Well, Alan (on behalf of Ramesh Agarwal) sent out a very similar > patch (Titled "Synaptics TM1217 Touchscreen Controller driver") > the other day, and OTOMH that was after discussions with Synaptics > where they said they were working on a "real" driver (a rather > complex RMI4 bus driver) and we believe they will fix that sooner > or later. > > So, until sooner or later happens we thought we'd keep it in staging. > > If you prefer both Alan and we can probably submit our patches for > inclusion in the proper place. > > A side effect may be that the Synaptics RMI4 people may have trouble > to merge their driver into input/ since they may be requested to > refactor the existing drivers to use it rather than merging new stuff, > putting some burden on their shoulders. > No, they have not been requested to change any existing [in tree] drivers. They however been asked to convert to the driver core primitives instead of rolling their own infprastructure to implement devices and drivers binding. Thanks. -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
