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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Srinivasan Raju <srini.raju@purelifi.com>
Cc: "open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM" <devel@driverdev.osuosl.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>, information <info@purelifi.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>,
	Mostafa Afgani <mostafa.afgani@purelifi.com>,
	open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi devices
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:29:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200924172922.GA1188119@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CWLP265MB19727D19DE7D0498EEB2B1E4E0390@CWLP265MB1972.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 05:24:14PM +0000, Srinivasan Raju wrote:
> 
> >> --- /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@purelifi.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

No, staging is for things that people do not care about and want others
to help clean up and get merged properly :)

There's nothing in the "how to submit a driver/patch" documentation that
mentions that it has to go through staging first, does it?  If so, that
needs to be changed...

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-24 17:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-24 15:18 [PATCH] staging: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi devices Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-24 15:36 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-09-24 17:24   ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-24 17:29     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2020-09-28 10:25       ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-24 15:37 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-09-24 18:28 ` Randy Dunlap
2020-09-28 10:27   ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-24 19:07 ` Dan Carpenter
2020-09-28 10:26   ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-28 10:19 ` [PATCH] [v2] wireless: " Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-28 12:07   ` Joe Perches
2020-09-28 12:53     ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-30  5:16   ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-09-30  5:29     ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-09-30  8:01     ` Kalle Valo
2020-09-30  9:55       ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-09-30 10:11         ` Johannes Berg
2020-09-30 10:44           ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-10-16  8:23             ` Kalle Valo
2020-09-30  8:05     ` Kalle Valo
2020-09-30 10:04       ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-10-14  6:19   ` [PATCH] [PATCH] [v3] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-14 10:17     ` kernel test robot
2020-10-15 22:35     ` Joe Perches
2020-10-16  6:36       ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-16  6:34   ` [PATCH] [v4] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-16  8:58     ` Joe Perches
2020-10-16 10:13       ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19  3:17     ` [PATCH] [v5] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19  4:55       ` Joe Perches
2020-10-19  6:05         ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19  8:38       ` [PATCH] [v6] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19 16:07         ` Krishna Chaitanya
2020-10-19 16:40           ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-10-19 16:54             ` Joe Perches
2020-10-19 17:05               ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-11-16  9:22     ` [PATCH] [v7] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-11-16 20:45       ` Joe Perches
2020-11-18  3:24         ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-11-24 14:44       ` Kalle Valo
     [not found]       ` <20201124144448.4E95EC43460@smtp.codeaurora.org>
2020-11-26  5:01         ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-03  4:43           ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-03 15:58             ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-03 16:50               ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-19 13:15                 ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-03  4:38   ` [PATCH] [v8] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-03  5:09   ` [PATCH] [v9] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-03  7:53     ` Joe Perches
2020-12-08  5:53   ` [PATCH] [v10] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-08 11:57   ` [PATCH] [v11] " Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-08 14:37     ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-19 12:51     ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-19 13:06     ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-19 13:14     ` Kalle Valo
2020-12-21  5:52       ` Srinivasan Raju
2020-12-21  5:57         ` Kalle Valo
2021-01-15 12:13           ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-01-05 13:19   ` [PATCH] [PATCH] [v12] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-12 11:49   ` [PATCH] [v13] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-12 13:44     ` Johannes Berg
2021-02-17 10:05       ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-19  5:15       ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-19  8:25         ` Johannes Berg
2021-02-24 10:41           ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-12 15:06     ` kernel test robot
2021-02-12 17:57     ` kernel test robot
2021-02-17 10:02     ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-17 10:13       ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-17 10:16         ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-17 10:09     ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-17 10:19     ` Kalle Valo
2021-02-24 10:44       ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-02-26 13:07   ` [PATCH] [v14] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-04-19 11:52     ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-08-10 13:02       ` Srinivasan Raju
2021-08-21 13:42         ` Kalle Valo
2021-08-18 14:13     ` [PATCH] [v15] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-09-20 13:05       ` Kalle Valo
     [not found]         ` <CWLP265MB3217BB5AA5F102629A3AD204E0A19@CWLP265MB3217.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
2021-09-21 12:30           ` [EXTERNAL] " Kalle Valo
2021-09-22  7:33             ` Johannes Berg
2021-09-24 13:27               ` [EXTERNAL] " Srinivasan Raju
2021-09-20 14:11       ` Kalle Valo
2021-09-24 11:11       ` Kalle Valo
2021-09-24 13:26   ` [PATCH] [v16] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi LiFi Station Srinivasan Raju
2021-09-24 13:40     ` Kalle Valo
2021-10-05 11:22   ` [PATCH] [v17] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-05 11:26     ` Johannes Berg
2021-10-05 12:30   ` [PATCH] [v18 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to enum nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-05 12:31   ` [PATCH] [v18 2/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-05 22:09     ` Jeff Johnson
2021-10-06 10:04   ` [PATCH] [v19 " Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-11  6:16     ` Kalle Valo
2021-10-12 12:50   ` [PATCH 0/2] wireless: New Driver " Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-12 12:50     ` [PATCH 1/2] [v19 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to enum nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-12 12:50     ` [PATCH 2/2] [v19 2/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-14  6:03       ` kernel test robot
2021-10-24 17:58       ` kernel test robot
2021-10-18 10:00   ` [PATCH v20 0/2] wireless: New Driver " Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-18 10:00     ` [PATCH v20 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-18 10:00     ` [PATCH v20 2/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-25  9:59       ` Kari Argillander
     [not found]         ` <CWLP265MB321780AB502EF147F6AAF197E0839@CWLP265MB3217.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
2021-10-25 12:17           ` [EXTERNAL] " Kalle Valo
2021-10-27 11:34       ` kernel test robot
2021-10-27 12:38       ` Kari Argillander
2021-10-28  7:24         ` Kalle Valo
2021-10-31 13:10   ` [PATCH v21 0/2] wireless: New Driver " Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-31 13:10     ` [PATCH 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2021-10-31 13:10     ` [PATCH 2/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2021-12-20 19:13       ` Kalle Valo
2022-02-24 15:35       ` Kalle Valo
2022-02-24 18:20   ` [PATCH v22 0/2] wireless: New Driver " Srinivasan Raju
2022-02-24 18:20     ` [PATCH v22 1/2] nl80211: Add LC placeholder band definition to nl80211_band Srinivasan Raju
2022-02-25  9:52       ` Kalle Valo
2022-02-24 18:20     ` [PATCH v22 1/2] wireless: Initial driver submission for pureLiFi STA devices Srinivasan Raju
2022-04-25 13:06       ` Kalle Valo
     [not found]         ` <CWLP265MB32173F6188304F6B2CB90C79E0F89@CWLP265MB3217.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
2022-04-26  4:17           ` [EXTERNAL] " Kalle Valo
2022-04-27  4:55       ` Kalle Valo

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