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Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:04:37 +0200
From:	Andreas Werner <andreas.werner@....de>
To:	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
CC:	Andreas Werner <andreas.werner@....de>,
	<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

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:24:22AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> * PGP Signed by an unknown key
> 
> > Here it gets frustrating. It seems you have no idea what an OS is for,
> > not even after I tried to describe it :(
> 

I am pretty sure that i know what an OS is for.

> 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.
> 

Yes, my goal is to find a good way to get hardware support upstream, and
it is also nice to discuss my point of view with your upstream point of few.

And yes, i want to help to find a way to develope an abstraction.

Regards
Andy


> Regards,
> 
>    Wolfram
> 
> 
> * Unknown Key
> * 0x14A029B6
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