linux-kernel - Re: [External] Re: staging: Add MA USB Host driver

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Message-ID: <2873029f-1259-60a0-4590-24f6a97ba29a@displaylink.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:07:48 +0000
From:   Vladimir Stankovic <vladimir.stankovic@...playlink.com>
To:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
        Petar Kovacevic <petar.kovacevic@...playlink.com>,
        Nikola Simic <nikola.simic@...playlink.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marko Miljkovic <marko.miljkovic@...playlink.com>,
        Stefan Lugonjic <stefan.lugonjic@...playlink.com>
Subject: Re: [External] Re: staging: Add MA USB Host driver

On 22.1.20. 09:49, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org wrote:
> A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post>
> Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> 
> A: No.
> Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
> 
> http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top 
> <http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top>
> 
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 08:16:09AM +0000, Vladimir Stankovic wrote:
>  > Hi Greg,
>  >
>  > It was section 2.5 of the kernel development process, "staging trees".
>  > In particular, statement "where many sub-directories for drivers or
>  > filesystems that are on their way to being added to the kernel tree
>  > live" caught our attention.
>  >
>  > Now, by reading it once again, I see that the rest of the section is in
>  > line with your comment.
>  >
>  > We'll address all comments received so far, and resubmit patch onto
>  > appropriate repository. With that being said, is USB subsystem tree
>  > (drivers/usb within usb.git repo) correct one? Please, advise.
> 
> If this is a USB host driver, then yes, drivers/usb/host/ would be the
> correct location for this.
> 
> Note, at first glance, there is a bunch of work to do on this to get it
> into "real" mergable shape. Be sure to at the very least get it
> 'checkpatch.pl clean' before submitting it, that will help out a lot, if
> it is not already done.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Failed to set my Thunderbird properly, sorry.

Thanks for your feedback. We'll proceed as advised.

Regards,
Vladimir.