linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] misc: bcm-vk: add kconfig for supporting viper chip

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Date:   Tue, 22 Feb 2022 21:14:02 -0800
From:   Desmond yan <desmond.yan@...adcom.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] misc: bcm-vk: add kconfig for supporting viper
 chip


Greg,

Please see inlined.

On 2/22/22 09:13, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
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> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 07:41:04AM -0800, Desmond Yan (APD) wrote:
>> Greg,
>>
>> This is to allow the customer to use their own driver, by default,
>> which is their preferred option.
> 
> We do not care about out-of-tree code, and do not add Kconfig options
> just for that, sorry.
> 
> Why not just add the out-of-tree driver here to the in-kernel code?
> What is preventing that from happening today?

Using the bcm_vk driver for viper is only for proof-of-concept, and is 
not aimed to be deployed for production.  In parallel, customer is 
developing their own production-ready driver and would probably upstream 
it whenever the appropriate time comes.

thx.

des
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

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