From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754912Ab0IMKdA (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:33:00 -0400 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.105.134]:61954 "EHLO mgw-mx09.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754855Ab0IMKc7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:32:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/1] MISC: Broadcom BCM4751 GPS driver From: "Matti J. Aaltonen" Reply-To: matti.j.aaltonen@nokia.com To: ext Andy Isaacson Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-i2c@vger.kernel.org" , "akpm@kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <20100910185942.GB17794@hexapodia.org> References: <1282572026-14905-1-git-send-email-matti.j.aaltonen@nokia.com> <1282572026-14905-2-git-send-email-matti.j.aaltonen@nokia.com> <1283512047.26985.119.camel@masi.mnp.nokia.com> <20100910185942.GB17794@hexapodia.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Nokia Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:11:56 +0300 Message-ID: <1284372716.12913.25.camel@masi.mnp.nokia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Sep 2010 10:13:19.0035 (UTC) FILETIME=[49B360B0:01CB532C] X-Nokia-AV: Clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 20:59 +0200, ext Andy Isaacson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 02:07:27PM +0300, Matti J. Aaltonen wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 16:00 +0200, Aaltonen Matti.J (Nokia-MS/Tampere) > > wrote: > > > Driver for Broadcom BCM4751 GPS chip. > > > > I sent this a while ago but didn't get any comments about the code. What > > do you think should something be changed or is it ready to get accepted? > > It's unlikely to get merged if there's no public documentation of the > protocol it exposes, and no free codebase using the interface. OK... I'll just mention once again that it's possible to get the specification for free after signing a contract with Nokia. (See: http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/b265d3aa-8198-4eb0-a0e3-077748ccea40/MEIF_Specification_License.pdf.html) Thank You Matti Aaltonen