linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] Media Controller capture driver for DM365

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:46:00 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@...sung.com>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	DLOS <davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.lad@...com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hansverk@...co.com>,
	Prabhakar Lad <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>,
	Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Manjunath Hadli <manjunath.hadli@...com>,
	LMML <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] Media Controller capture driver for DM365

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 08:30:04PM +0100, Sylwester Nawrocki wrote:
> On 11/28/2012 01:22 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > In the end this is just a driver, and I don't especially care.  But
> > it's like not just this one which makes me frustrated.  I really
> > believe in linux-next and I think everything should spend a couple
> > weeks there before being merged.
> 
> Couple of weeks in linux-next plus a couple of weeks of final patch
> series version awaiting to being reviewed and picked up by a maintainer
> makes almost entire kernel development cycle.

If I were to take this today, it would only live in linux-next for less
than a week before it would be sent to Linus due to where we are in the
development cycle, so Dan's objections are quite valid.

> These are huge additional delays, especially in the embedded world.

Embedded is special just like everyone else.

greg k-h
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