linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] virtual block device driver (ramzswap)

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Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:26:41 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Ed Tomlinson <edt@....ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-mm-cc@...top.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] virtual block device driver (ramzswap)

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:30:16AM +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote:
> Btw, Nitin, why are you targeting drivers/block and not
> drivers/staging at this point? It seems obvious enough that there are
> still some issues that need to be ironed out (like the CONFIG_ARM
> thing) so submitting the driver for inclusion in drivers/staging and
> fixing it up there incrementally would likely save you from a lot of
> trouble. Greg, does ramzswap sound like something that you'd be
> willing to take?

If it is self-contained, actually builds, and there is an active
developer who is working getting it merged into the main kernel tree,
then yes, I will be willing to take it into the drivers/staging/ tree.
Just send me the patches.

thanks,

greg k-h
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