On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 01:26:31PM -0800, David Daney wrote: > As you probably know I posted patches for my ATI Xilleon port to this > list several weeks ago. I am in the process of incorporating changes > based on the feedback I received. > > I guess my question is fairly simple: > > What hurdles must I overcome in order to get the port added to linux-mips? I'm trying to handle this no different than Linus or the other subsystem maintainers. So, basically: - Code should comply to Documentation/CodingStyle - Code must be maintainable. - There probably will be issues raised when posting patches. Fix them ... - In general I won't consider patches for "one of" ports. (You asked a general question, so this is a general answer. Obviously this point isn't a problem for a SOC such as the Xilleon.) - A platform is worthless without drivers, so I want to see drivers in a shape where they're at least reasonably close to acceptable by the respective subsystem maintainers. - In the past it happened several times that people sent me their patches, I applied them and that's about the last I ever heared and so without no hardware, not hardware documentation and as always not enough time code starts bitrotting away. I would realliy appreciate if in the future submitters would make an attempt to invest a little work it takes to keep their submitted code alive ... Ralf
