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Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:19:34 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> Cc: David Cohen <david.a.cohen@...ux.intel.com>, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lenb@...nel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Bring SFI support to out-of-tree driver modules on Intel Mid * Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 02:13:37PM -0800, David Cohen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This patchset extends sfi_device() macro support to driver modules. > > The main use case is to allow external driver modules to be enumerated > > by SFI on Intel Mid platforms. > > How about you merge those module again? Remember code added to the > kernel without users isn't testable, and out of tree modules do not > bring us any value add. I wanted to make the exact same point. I recently had to revert a similarly misguided attempt which added bloat for out of tree modules without merging it in tree, see commit b5dfcb09debc ("Revert "x86/UV: Add uvtrace support"). Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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