linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: added Spreadtrum's radio driver

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Date:   Wed, 5 Jul 2017 13:43:15 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Chunyan Zhang <zhang.lyra@...il.com>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Chunyan Zhang <chunyan.zhang@...eadtrum.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Songhe Wei <songhe.wei@...eadtrum.com>,
        Zhongping Tan <zhongping.tan@...eadtrum.com>,
        Orson Zhai <orson.zhai@...eadtrum.com>,
        Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: added Spreadtrum's radio driver

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Chunyan Zhang <zhang.lyra@...il.com> wrote:
> On 4 July 2017 at 18:51, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Chunyan Zhang
> Like I mentioned, SC2342 includes many functions, this patch is only
> adding FM radio function included in SC2342 to the kernel tree.  So I
> figure that its lifetime probably will not be too long, will remove it
> from the kernel tree when we have a clean enough version of the whole
> SC2342 drivers for the official upstreaming.

Would it make sense to add some or all of the other drivers to drivers/staging/
as well in the meantime?

       Arnd