linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi devices

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Date:   Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:24:14 +0000
From:   Srinivasan Raju <srini.raju@...elifi.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Mostafa Afgani <mostafa.afgani@...elifi.com>,
        information <info@...elifi.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi devices


>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/purelifi/TODO
>> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
>> +TODO:
>> +     - checkpatch.pl cleanups
>> +
>> +Please send any patches or complaints about this driver to pureLiFi Ltd
>> +<info@...elifi.com>

>Why not just do these fixups on your own right now and submit it to the
>"real" part of the kernel?  That should take what, a day or so max?
>Just sending stuff to staging because you don't want to do coding style
>cleanups feels very odd.  It takes much more work and energy to do it
>this way than to just do it right the first time and get it merged to
>the networking subsystem, right?

>So why do you want to send it to staging?

Thanks for the comments Greg, This is my first kernel patch, I was under  
the impression that the staging area is the place to start for any new "Driver" code
We will do the fixes and send an updated patch


Thanks
Srini