>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 <g...@kroah.com> and cc:
>
>You didn't use this email address...
>
>> + Sean Stalley <sean.stal...@intel.com>
>> + Stephanie Wallick <stephanie.s.wall...@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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