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

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Message-ID: <20170425175402.GA28665@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:54:02 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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 07:37:42PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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?
> 

It has been a long time, and it avoids duplicate work and submissions,
including for drivers depending on it, such as the fusb302 driver submitted
by Hans de Goede [1] for which we have a (not yet published) driver based on
tcpm as well. If for nothing else, it widens the audience.

> > 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.
> 

Ok, will do.

Thanks,
Guenter

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[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/21/312