Re: [RFT/RFC] Driver for Samsung GT-B3730 (4G/LTE Dongle)

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On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:17:47PM +0100, Josua Dietze wrote:
> Am 24.02.2011 22:56, schrieb Greg KH:
> >Ok, but as this is just a fork of an existing in-kernel driver, we need
> >a patch, sent to us in the format described in
> >Documentation/SubmittingPatches, for us to be able to accept it.
> 
> AFAIK this is far from being ready for inclusion in the kernel.

Why?  How many changes are there to the existing driver that are really
needed for this hardware?

> But since there were people asking about the device earlier on this
> list, it's probably useful to point them to the test code.
> 
> I'm sure there will be a proper kernel patch ultimately.

Hopefully.  Keeping the driver as a stand-alone thing like this really
is not condusive for making it mergable in the long-run :(

thanks,

greg k-h
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