Re: Broadcom 43xx first results

[Ben Greear]

Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
> > > That's because you still don't get how we do development.  The last thing
> > > we want is full-scale rewrites.  Submit patches to fix things based on
> > > whatever you want but do it incremental.
> >
> > We have got almost finished and working stack. Everything we need to do
> > is:
> > 1. identify issues;
> > 2. fix the issues; some of them will need broader discussion;
> > 3. split it into several (potentially a lot of) reviewable patches;
> > 4. clean up the drivers.
> >
> > I'm in phase 2 now (no interesting results yet). I don't think it is
>
>
> No, it does not work like that. You don't get nice, reviewable,
> mergeable patches by developing code independently for 3 years or so
> then attempting merge.
>
> If devicescape code is better than mainline, merge it _now_. If it is
> not, drop it and start from mainline code.

Merge now even if it breaks the current tree?  I for one would certainly
rather he finish his work on it and get it more polished.  Reviewing and
testing something that actually works would be a lot more fun...


--
Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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