linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/1] MISC: Broadcom BCM4751 GPS driver

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Date:	Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:04:12 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Matti J. Aaltonen" <matti.j.aaltonen@...ia.com>
Cc:	ext Andy Isaacson <adi@...apodia.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org" <linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org>,
	"akpm@...nel.org" <akpm@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/1] MISC: Broadcom BCM4751 GPS driver

On Mon 2010-09-13 13:11:56, Matti J. Aaltonen wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 20:59 +0200, ext Andy Isaacson wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 02:07:27PM +0300, Matti J. Aaltonen wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 16:00 +0200, Aaltonen Matti.J (Nokia-MS/Tampere)
> > > wrote:
> > > > Driver for Broadcom BCM4751 GPS chip.
> > > 
> > > I sent this a while ago but didn't get any comments about the code. What
> > > do you think should something be changed or is it ready to get accepted?
> > 
> > It's unlikely to get merged if there's no public documentation of the
> > protocol it exposes, and no free codebase using the interface.
> 
> OK... I'll just mention once again that it's possible to get the
> specification for free after signing a contract with Nokia. (See:

And you can get review comments after signing contract with me.

Andy said it nicely in the other mail. No undocumented kernel
interfaces please.

									Pavel
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