linux-kernel - Re: [mmc] alternative TI FM MMC/SD driver for 2.6.21-rc7

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Message-ID: <20070427024113.677.qmail@web36702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:41:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Alex Dubov <oakad@...oo.com>
To:	Pierre Ossman <drzeus-mmc@...eus.cx>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sergey Yanovich <ynvich@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [mmc] alternative TI FM MMC/SD driver for 2.6.21-rc7

--- Pierre Ossman <drzeus-mmc@...eus.cx> wrote:

> Sergey Yanovich wrote:
> > 
> > I have found it easier to rewrite the driver, than to fix.
> 
> Before you get your hopes up, this development model is not one that will get
> your code merged upstream. You should really try to work with Alex, not side
> step him. Drivers are rarely complex enough to warrant, or even have room for, a
> rewrite. And judging from your code it looks more like reorganising the code
> that's already there.

It is a sad truth. Instead of raising real issues that may remain in the driver, I was presented
with "non-proof" that bus-adapter-device architecture I'm using is somehow bad and the driver
should be turned into a monolithic blob, using config variables to disable unneeded functionality.
Considering, that udev handles automatic loading of the drivers just fine (so it's not an end user
issue at any rate), I don't see any justification for the change.

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