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Message-ID: <20100205235833.GA16411@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:58:33 -0800
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Chris Verges <chrisv@...erswitching.com>,
linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Rob Owings <rowings@...rmistor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-2.6.32-directemp
On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 01:46:00PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:32:27 -0800
> "Chris Verges" <chrisv@...erswitching.com> wrote:
>
> > > *snip*
> >
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > Thanks for the technical review. I'll make the changes and send back a
> > new patch. Would you like a patch against your -mm tree or a fresh
> > patch against linux-2.6.32?
>
> I guess a new patch would be best - #1 was a bit of a mess. Please
> give the patch a good title (I chose "usb: QTI DirecTEMP USB
> thermometer/hygrometer driver support") and if possible, include it
> within the body of the email so more people are likely to look at it.
> If your email client can't do that correctly, use a text/plain
> attachment.
Sorry, but no, this driver will not be accepted, as it can be done just
fine from userspace instead of a kernel driver, as discussed before.
We have removed drivers from the kernel for this very reason, we don't
want to add new ones in with the same problem.
thanks,
greg k-h
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