linux-kernel - Re: Current status of rt2800usb and staging/rt2870

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Message-ID: <20091014141405.GB2890@tuxdriver.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:14:06 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Luis Correia <luis.f.correia@...il.com>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>,
	Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>,
	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Current status of rt2800usb and staging/rt2870

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:21:53PM +0100, Luis Correia wrote:

> Since some days now, we have someone in the team which works for
> Ralink, I'm hopefull that he can find some time to help us make the
> driver better.

This (I hope) is the future.  If we can get the vendors to cooperate
with us at this level then we can eliminate the vendor/upstream
driver distinction.

While I try to be ambivalent about drivers/staging, I _do_ think that
it tends to enable vendors to get aways with _less_ support of the
community by facilitating them in taking advantage of the "pragmatic"
among us.

> And now, i'm going back to my lovely hole, having added nothing to
> this conversation.

I disagree! :-)

John
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