On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 01:37:58PM -0500, Bob Copeland wrote:
> >Putting the "codingstyle" control aside, often it's because things look
> >too hackish.
>
> Also sometimes the authors know it's hackish, or just don't expect it
> to be generally useful to the world. I happen to own an out-of-tree
> filesystem which I have little desire to have reviewed for mainline:
> only a dozen people use it at most, and I know it would get pinged
> mercilessly for using buffer heads and general insanity if it ever
> made it past "use FUSE instead" (which would admittedly be a perfectly
> fine response). It works though, so I keep it up to date with the VFS
> changes.
>
> I do have some interest in working on various device drivers, though.
> Greg, assuming this somehow kicks off some avalanche of specs, will
> there be a ML for hooking up driver writers with specs and willing
> users?
I don't really want to create yet-another-mailing list for something
like this.
So far I've just been taking down people's names and email addresses and
a short description of what types of drivers they would like to work on.
We already have a nice list of people willing to help out.
Anyone else is welcome to email me if they wish to join in.
thanks,
greg k-h
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