netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 3/5] staging: fieldbus core: add support for device configuration

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Date:   Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:43:05 -0400
From:   Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Enrico Weigelt <lkml@...ux.net>,
        Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@...tkopp.net>,
        "J. Kiszka" <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
        Frank Iwanitz <friw@...-networks.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/5] staging: fieldbus core: add support for device configuration

On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 11:24 AM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> If the code works with some subset now, then why not work to get this
> cleaned up properly and out of staging and then add new features like
> this type of configuration system afterward?
>
> Why is this a requirement to add while the code is in staging?

I believe we put this code in staging/ not because there were issues
with the codebase itself. But rather because the subsystem needs
more industry interest and developer sign-offs. The TODO reflects that.

And that will be very hard to do without some form of a config interface,
which this patchset adds.

Perhaps the time isn't ripe for this subsystem yet, although I cannot
believe that we are the only ones running Linux on fieldbus 'gadgets'.