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

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Message-ID: <48DD662F.7080803@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:46:07 +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:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Stefan Richter
> <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> So people now a days crave for documenting staging modules and also
> get confused by the mixed use of driver_stg or driver? Come on.
> 
> The name changes hardly matter for auto loading staging modules

I continue to believe that you don't work with users.

> and I would be surprised if people document crap modules especially since
> the stable ones are documented later if at all they end up being
> documented.

Many of the staging drivers are already in active use; one or another 
even for years.  Since they are not as easy to use as mainline drivers, 
people discuss and document them.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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