From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932251AbYF2UBR (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:01:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759484AbYF2UBD (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:01:03 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:45068 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759360AbYF2UBC (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:01:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:01:01 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Michael Buesch Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Drivers for selfmade hardware Message-ID: <20080629200101.GA29452@infradead.org> References: <200806292147.52112.mb@bu3sch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200806292147.52112.mb@bu3sch.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 09:47:52PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote: > I'm wondering what the policy is for selfmade hardware > or other hardware where only a few pieces exist. Is it desired > to get drivers for this kind of hardware merged upstream into the > mainline kernel? > > I have a tiny driver that can be used to drive a modified > Brooktree 8xx based card in 24-port GPIO mode. > So the card can be used as a cheap digital PCI GPIO card. > This hardware can be built with some soldering skills, a tiny > soldering tip and a few hours of free time. > > So what's the policy? Push to mainline or keep as seperate Push to mainline as long as you have a nice enough guide on the web somewhere describing how to build it :)