linux-kernel - Re: Staging: vt6656 ?

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Date:	Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:47:16 -0400
From:	Forest Bond <forest@...ttletooquiet.net>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Staging: vt6656 ?

Hi,

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 05:59:45PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Sunday 28 June 2009 15:57:31 Forest Bond wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 03:43:12PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On Tuesday 09 June 2009 13:33:43 Forest Bond wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 03:51:01AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 02:31:30PM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Greg, Forest
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Are you going to merge driver for VT6656 also?
> > > > > 
> > > > > If someone sends me some patches for it, sure, I will.
> > > > 
> > > > I have patches almost ready.  I'll send them by the end of next week at the
> > > > latest.  Busy week here.
> > > 
> > > Did I miss the patch?  There are people already doing cleanups for VT6655
> > > driver (which seems to share a great deal of code with VT6656 driver) so
> > > it would greatly help to get VT6656 merged ASAP and merge the shared code
> > > first to not duplicate efforts.
> > > 
> > > Also if you need some help with integrating the driver or hosting patches
> > > in git tree at kernel.org before Greg picks them up [ he seems to be buried
> > > alive by patches at the moment :) ] I'll be happy to help..
> > 
> > I sent it to Greg about two weeks ago.  I assume it is in his queue somewhere.
> 
> There seems to be a lot of stuff in his queue.. ;)
> 
> > Let me know if you think I ought to do something else with them.
> 
> Please re-post with cc:ing linux-kernel so people looking for them (i.e. me)
> can pick them up from the list if needed (please also cc: lkml on all patches
> in the future, thanks!).

Okay.  The first patch is quite large, so I will compress it.

> [ I'll later setup vt665x branch of my misc.git tree, merge your patches,
>   merge all outstanding vt6655 patches from Alexander and investigate a bit
>   more whether merge of vt665x drivers is feasible and what needs to be
>   done if so.. ]

Good.

FYI, there is a known issue with the drivers as I've submitted them that causes
lock-ups.  Please see the attached message for a suggested fix.

Thanks,
Forest
-- 
Forest Bond
http://www.alittletooquiet.net
http://www.pytagsfs.org

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