linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] Workable vintage driver support mechanism? (Re: [PATCH v3] ES938 support for ES18xx driver)

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Message-ID: <5432F060.5060307@ladisch.de>
Date:	Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:41:20 +0200
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
CC:	alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] Workable vintage driver support mechanism? (Re:
	[PATCH v3] ES938 support for ES18xx driver)

Andreas Mohr wrote:
> I think I have an idea which might be useful to accept:
> for every piece of sufficiently "vintage" submission,
> people would be tasked with offering (or somehow ensuring)
> a sufficiently closely time-related cleanup in other places.

The problem that such a new driver imposes is not a one-time reduction
in overall kernel quality, but the ongoing maintenance effort.


Regards,
Clemens
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