Out of tree drivers

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 09:51:37AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Clemens Ladisch:
> > Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> > > Greg KH:
> > > > 	lirc			(not going upstream due to developer not
> > > > 				wanting it there.)
> > > 
> > > Should we actually *care* what the developer wants?
> > 
> > Of course we should.  According to <http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/1/373>
> > and <http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/3/180>, the problem is mostly lack of
> > developer time to make the code ready for the kernel, which is
> > _exactly_ what we're talking about here.
> > 
> Ahem. I was writing that in the context of GregKH's apparently-mistaken
> impression of "developer not wanting it there".

In my previous interactions with the developer a few years ago, that was
the impression I got.  If it is incorrect, that is great to know and
hopefully things will actualy move along this time.

greg k-h