linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/04] RFC: Staging tree (drivers/staging)

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Message-ID: <48DD4867.4060009@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:39:03 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/04] RFC: Staging tree (drivers/staging)

Parag Warudkar wrote:
> Just name the staging modules with _stg prefix like I said - easier to
> spot _stg in the module list than decoding the taint.
...
> It is nice to not have to change core kernel code and annoy users with
> warnings

Yes, let's annoy them with weird name changes instead.

(Seems you never communicate with users and never document something.)
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Stefan Richter
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