From: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com> To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: "Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>, "Linus Walleij" <linus.walleij@linaro.org>, "Enrico Weigelt" <lkml@metux.net>, "Oliver Hartkopp" <socketcan@hartkopp.net>, "J. Kiszka" <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>, "Frank Iwanitz" <friw@hms-networks.de>, "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] staging: fieldbus: add support for HMS FL-NET industrial controller Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:08:29 -0400 [thread overview] Message-ID: <CAGngYiXet4-2zUZ0oEO1iOqFM22zgVPZQ24Dzz5Q9TzTOTzjJQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20190930140519.GA2280096@kroah.com> On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:09 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > Discussing "patented" in a changelog text is a big no-no. Please don't > do that. Talk to your corporate lawyers for why not... Interesting. I will definitely have to investigate what's covered by those patents. > > Why are you adding support for new things here? New hardware support > should _only_ be added once the code is out of staging, otherwise there > is no pressure to get it out of this directory structure. > Because I am adding configuration support, and the existing supported h/w does not require this to operate. So I thought it'd make sense to add at least one in-kernel user of the new config interface. Would it be a better strategy to add an (optional) config interface to the existing supported h/w in staging/, rather than introducing new h/w ?
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-02 15:08 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2019-09-18 18:35 [PATCH v1 0/5] Introduce fieldbus_dev configuration interface Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-09-18 18:35 ` [PATCH v1 1/5] staging: fieldbus core: remove unused strings Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-09-18 18:35 ` [PATCH v1 2/5] staging: fieldbus: move "offline mode" definition to fieldbus core Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-09-18 18:35 ` [PATCH v1 3/5] staging: fieldbus core: add support for device configuration Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-09-30 14:06 ` Greg KH 2019-10-02 15:07 ` Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-10-02 15:23 ` Greg KH 2019-10-02 15:43 ` Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-09-18 18:35 ` [PATCH v1 4/5] staging: fieldbus core: add support for FL-NET devices Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-09-30 14:07 ` Greg KH 2019-10-02 15:08 ` Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-09-18 18:35 ` [PATCH v1 5/5] staging: fieldbus: add support for HMS FL-NET industrial controller Sven Van Asbroeck 2019-09-30 14:05 ` Greg KH 2019-10-02 15:08 ` Sven Van Asbroeck [this message]
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