linux-kernel - Re: [NEW DRIVER V6 0/7] DA9058 PMIC - please comment on this new driver

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2016 19:08:09 +0100
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	"Opensource [Steve Twiss]" <stwiss.opensource@...semi.com>
Cc:	'LKML' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	'Alessandro Zummo' <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	'Guenter Roeck' <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	'Jonathan Cameron' <jic23@....ac.uk>,
	'Lars-Peter Clausen' <lars@...afoo.de>,
	"'linux-iio@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-input@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
	'Randy Dunlap' <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	"'rtc-linux@...glegroups.com'" <rtc-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [NEW DRIVER V6 0/7] DA9058 PMIC - please comment on this new
 driver

Hi,

On 23/03/2016 at 17:47:38 +0000, Opensource [Steve Twiss] wrote :
> > On 23 March 2016, Alexandre Belloni wrote:
> > > Subject: Re: [NEW DRIVER V6 0/7] DA9058 PMIC - please comment on this new driver
> > >
> > > Hi Anthony, Steve,
> > >
> > > This driver has been submitted a while ago and reached v6 but still had
> > > a few comments. Do you still have some interest in seeing it being
> > > accepted?
> 
> Hi Alexandre,
> 
> The answer has come back.
> As the device has been obsoleted at the moment there is no real benefit in seeing this driver accepted into the kernel.
> 

Well, I don't think this is a proper justification because people may
want to run a recent kernel on old devices :)

Anyway, I'll remove the patches from my queue.

Thanks for the prompt answer!


-- 
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com