From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA19C35280 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 15:43:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9F3D21920 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2019 15:43:20 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="raXbWyqu" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728832AbfJBPnS (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:43:18 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-f66.google.com ([209.85.210.66]:41753 "EHLO mail-ot1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725875AbfJBPnR (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:43:17 -0400 Received: by mail-ot1-f66.google.com with SMTP id g13so15057928otp.8; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 08:43:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=OGFNe2HzuYdA+Ntxb0smhm55h1bjmES+Gg6K1WA4cN4=; b=raXbWyquX8Hu3af70VX0sRqu+Rp/zT806IMzbVnHps5oub1ys+I89CrLXcTKod3XNB FJSlAEXz2GGc7E63ha/lzstR51SSpvovNrpSNgWuMAXaWlYRk32NfVv1EegLlwvG11ss kXM0WMzi+chVMZUXMyhLIe7cTT/y3LAugOTfvseAoXuye5/UiqsmRDt9Imn1NMwvHb8W fFd3/tvKIoKXKrnNW8F8fO9GTyIHcW4DVUDnnyEgaKXUuNVGbi8ks5MruCWPd1QJxdAy 4B8HEi6bSJe1JRIrbabZnCmApJy7+6tTk7N0js+Wgjiyw/GjkIbUHpnUd9t3s+OwtE7f 9png== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=OGFNe2HzuYdA+Ntxb0smhm55h1bjmES+Gg6K1WA4cN4=; b=NgQqWCvhQwWwdmmmlIoLrUP0xc6TSeCF67izueNk0IiMWFEQQMXiltWhkWrFFDP3UL IqIya/cZOa2IfvRydU9ypMgwJP/QQofuSV+vV+4SONSNgAaEkCGOtF4TrZ/vVxwVUWmu BuSUVbxkZtCHgf6tJohbWix8zVUVBoxwrNI9B2zwNH1Lfa7h1H4pmNiZNn3s1u/OR766 RIp3sTVWQvUeMSI5nKy7huCb9RYNzR59ryg4QhBH6JOaeFyrG1NJHVO4O07QjpHd2rf9 lZ3hMHHBdM1nbuudNQV6yFE/TL7voP7xpDsoDAThkE2NJVrOsZ90dHAUCXOs64YRGlnV trAg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWicqrE/x5kAT5rv+p6JUml/9HN4cY7fq1soeHG3OpmOboUFpfM AS6zIVUgdihmpRVZcA9BDN7w56VHLKpAzm0LTnk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz2bTRZ1lk+yBO4Isg8mfboIRlGpW594gsCbbQJOH3h7RjW0aMGSK3cRnkBb23XrjtG+F8g1zY4fQZepUSwy9Y= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:1645:: with SMTP id h5mr3137591otr.116.1570030996925; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 08:43:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190918183552.28959-1-TheSven73@gmail.com> <20190918183552.28959-4-TheSven73@gmail.com> <20190930140621.GB2280096@kroah.com> <20191002152358.GA1748000@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20191002152358.GA1748000@kroah.com> From: Sven Van Asbroeck Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:43:05 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/5] staging: fieldbus core: add support for device configuration To: Greg KH Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Andreas_F=C3=A4rber?= , Linus Walleij , Enrico Weigelt , Oliver Hartkopp , "J. Kiszka" , Frank Iwanitz , Linux Kernel Mailing List , netdev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 11:24 AM Greg KH 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'.