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charset="UTF-8" > On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 03:29:24PM +0000, Joonwon Kang wrote: > > > Currently, the only known expected user of the new kAPI is our team. Since > > I test if the patch resolves our problem before sending it, I believe it > > should be good enough. Do you mean more than our team by "accompanied > > users"? > > He means you cannot send patches like this that only serve OOT drivers > to the mainline kernel. Hmm, it gets back to the chicken-and-egg problem. So, do you recommend deferring the patch submission until we find a new in-tree user of the new kAPI? I believe we will not make our module in-tree anytime soon. Or, is it like I still can send the patch and get it reviewed although we cannot merge it to the mainline? Thanks, Joonwon Kang