netdev - Re: [PATCH] compat-drivers: update ethernet driver alx in crap dir

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:37:26 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
To:	"Huang, Xiong" <xiong@....qualcomm.com>
Cc:	"mcgrof@...nel.org" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
	"backports@...r.kernel.org" <backports@...r.kernel.org>,
	nic-devel <nic-devel@...lcomm.com>,
	"Ren, Cloud" <cjren@....qualcomm.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	qca_vkondrat <qca_vkondrat@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compat-drivers: update ethernet driver alx in crap dir

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Huang, Xiong <xiong@....qualcomm.com> wrote:
> Hi Luis
>
>     I'm refining the code, I try my best to make it upstream ASAP. Thanks !

Ok great thanks, in that case I'm going to make it policy moving
forward to simply not take in full drivers at all into compat-drivers
regardless of the situation. If  a driver is desired to be made
available, whatever the situation may be, it must now go upstream
directly onto drivers/staging or drivers/ proper somewhere.

Xiong, Vlad, I'm going to then nuke the current drivers there from the
v3.7-rc1 release, if you want those drivers to be part of the
compat-drivers-3.7 releases you will have to submit your driver
upstream into proper or staging.

The additional patches then will be for components already upstream.

  Luis
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