[PATCH 10/10] added kernel build, configuration, and TODO files

sostalle sean.stalley at intel.com
Tue Nov 4 17:55:19 UTC 2014


>On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 01:24:04PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
>>On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 12:42:57PM -0800, Stephanie Wallick wrote:
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/mausb/TODO
>> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
>> +TODO:
>> +	- checkpatch.pl cleanups
>
>Is this still true?
>

checkpatch.pl reports:
total: 7 errors, 208 warnings, 10489 lines checked

>And why does this need to be a staging driver?  What's wrong with making
>it a "real" driver now?
>

The short answer is: We don't think it's ready to be "real".

We didn't want to release it as a "real" driver because:
	- It's not stable enough yet.
	- It doesn't implement all the features required by the MA USB spec.
	- The MA USB spec isn't standalone. It requires a supplemental spec
	  to define media-specific behavior, like how MA USB packets are
	  encapsulated, how to discover MA USB devices on a network, etc.
	  So far, no media-specific specifications have been published.
	- There are no commercially-available Media Agnostic USB devices.

We wanted to release it to staging now because:
	- We have received requests from multiple companies for our host MA USB
	  driver. Putting it in staging seemed the best way to distribute it.
	- We feel that releasing what we have to staging now could promote
	  collaboration on one driver & help prevent duplicate work.

>
>> +	- address miscellaneous "TODO" statements in code
>> +	- add support for multiple media agnostic (MA) devices
>> +	- add/improve support for unimplemented packet types
>> +	- handle errors and failure with more grace and less crash
>> +
>> +Please send patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg at kroah.com> and cc:
>
>You didn't use this email address...
>
>> +	Sean Stalley <sean.stalley at intel.com>
>> +	Stephanie Wallick <stephanie.s.wallick at intel.com>
>> +
>
>Just make a MAINTAINERS entry please for this info.
>

We will include a MAINTAINERS entry in our next patch in lieu of emails
(especially incorrect emails) in the TODO.


Thanks,

Sean


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