linux-kernel - Re: patches for staging:media drivers

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Date:   Mon, 7 Nov 2022 18:29:30 +0100
From:   Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
To:     Deepak R Varma <drv@...lo.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...libre.com>,
        Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@...libre.com>,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: patches for staging:media drivers

Hi,

On 06/11/2022 11:52, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> Greetings to all.
> My name is Deepak R Varma and I was part of the recent Outreachy internship
> round. I learned during this program that patches for the media drivers were
> prohibited to be included in the Outreachy effort due to lack of bandwidth for
> the maintainers to respond on those.
> 
> The Outreachy round is now over but I am continuing to work on code improvement
> and changes. I would like to know if it is okay for me to now identify
> opportunities in the media drivers and send patch proposal for your kind
> consideration. I intend to send couple of Coccinelle identified code
> improvements as patches.
> 
> Please let me know.

I won't say no but since the media maintainers will need to apply them,
the problem is the same.

Neil

> 
> Thank you,
> ./drv
> 
>