From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269674AbUHZXzQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:55:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269671AbUHZXys (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:54:48 -0400 Received: from imladris.demon.co.uk ([193.237.130.41]:34314 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269814AbUHZXsS (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:48:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 00:47:57 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Craig Milo Rogers Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Termination of the Philips Webcam Driver (pwc) Message-ID: <20040827004757.A26095@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Craig Milo Rogers , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20040826233244.GA1284@isi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20040826233244.GA1284@isi.edu>; from rogers@isi.edu on Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:32:53PM -0700 X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:32:53PM -0700, Craig Milo Rogers wrote: > As a third party, I issue a plea for mediation. > > Over on the linux-usb-devel mailing list, a spat has arisin > between the Linux 2.6 USB maintainer, Greg K-H, and Nemosoft, the > author of the driver (drivers/usb/media/pwc*) for certain > Philips-based Web cameras. As a result, Nemosoft has asked that his > driver be removed from the Linux 2.6 kernel. It's not up to him to decide. He can step down from his maintainership, but he can't force the driver to be removed.