linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers/misc/eeprom/men_eeprod: Introduce MEN Board Information EEPROM driver

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Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:24:22 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:	Andreas Werner <andreas.werner@....de>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, johannes.thumshirn@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers/misc/eeprom/men_eeprod: Introduce MEN Board
 Information EEPROM driver

> Here it gets frustrating. It seems you have no idea what an OS is for,
> not even after I tried to describe it :(

Sorry, that might have been too strong. Still, we can't map any hardware
which is out there 1:1 into userspace, we need abstraction.

If you want to help with this abstraction, this is more than
appreciated. If you want to keep your driver, this will have to stay
out-of-tree, I'm afraid.

Regards,

   Wolfram

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