linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3 v2] linux infrared remote control drivers

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Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:41:12 -0500
From:	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...sonet.com>
To:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Cc:	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>,
	Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@...telmus.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3 v2] linux infrared remote control drivers

On Nov 4, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:

> Em Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:56:31 -0500
> Jarod Wilson <jarod@...sonet.com> escreveu:
>
>> On Oct 20, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>
>>> This here is a second go at submitting linux infrared remote control
>>> (lirc) drivers for kernel inclusion, with a much smaller patch set
>>> that
>>> includes only the core lirc driver and two device drivers, all three
>>> of
>>> which have been heavily updated since the last submission, based on
>>> feedback received.
>>
>> Hm. Submitting this while the vast majority of people who might  
>> review
>> it were at the Japan Linux Symposium seems like it might have been a
>> bad idea.
>
> True :) Such long trips generally affects the week before (to finish  
> some
> pending stuff before traveling) and the week after, where we have a  
> big
> backlog to handle.
>
>> Or does no feedback mean its all good and ready to be
>> merged? ;)
>
> They are on my queue. I was handling a long pile of patches for the  
> existing
> drivers during last week. I intend to send the fixes upstream during  
> this week,
> and then going to analyze the lirc patches.

I'd heard as much, but figured I should go ahead with the fishing  
expedition just the same to see if we couldn't hook anyone else too...

> It would be wonderful to get also some feedback from the event/input  
> people.

Yeah, I think that's probably the folks who really have the final say  
on this, as we're ultimately (mostly) input devices.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@...sonet.com



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