linux-kernel - Re: typec: tcpm/tcpci drivers acceptable for drivers/staging in v4.12 ?

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 19:37:42 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        badhri@...gle.com, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        Mats Karrman <mats.dev.list@...il.com>,
        Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: typec: tcpm/tcpci drivers acceptable for drivers/staging in
 v4.12 ?

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 09:50:31AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> would you be open to accepting the tcpm [1] and tcpci [2] drivers into
> drivers/staging for v4.12 ?

What's the rush?

> The drivers are not ready for prime time, yet there is interest by others
> to have them available and to help improving the code. I could create a
> repository/branch at github to enable that, but drivers/staging seems to be
> a better approach.

Sure, if you want to maintain it in the kernel, and send me patches that
way for changes, I'll be glad to take them into staging, just send me a
patch that adds them to the tree and I'll merge them for 4.12-rc1.

thanks,

greg k-h