Re: Free Linux Driver Development!

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jan 31 2007 - 20:59:54 EST


On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 10:07:53AM +1000, Trent Waddington wrote:
> On 2/1/07, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >No, I'm going by Linus's rule here, if a person doesn't want their code
> >in the kernel tree, then I'm not going to forcefully put it there.
> >That's just being rude.
>
> Makes sense when you put it that way. However, perhaps an offer to
> take over the maintenance of the driver when incorporating it into the
> kernel tree would be welcomed more readily by some people than just
> "so when ya gunna merge?" style badgering.

You would be supprised, not all people welcome this. Believe me, I've
tried...

thanks,

greg k-h
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