Hi! Am Mittwoch, 29. Juni 2011 schrieb Larry Finger:
On 06/29/2011 02:58 PM, Matthias Bach wrote:
I would like to introduce hdjmod to Factory. Hdjmod is a kernel module providing support for Hercules DJ Devices (USB MIDI device). The package has been available in Contrib for quite a while and is now in hardware.
Having the will broaden the distributions hardware support.
Is there a good reason why this driver is being maintained outside the kernel?
I think submitting it to the official maintainers would be better, then all distros would have access. If the coding quality is not good enough, then perhaps it can be added to staging, where the standards are much lower.
To be honest, there is probably no good reason to keep this driver outside the kernel. I read Greg's response, however I wouldn't know the reason he mentioned. Fact is however, that the vendor released the driver outsided of kernel and since then maintainers keep patching it for various distributions. While I myself would love to see it in vanilla I also see that the overhead of getting into "the submit code to kernel process" and that the driver wouldn't reach vanilla in time for 12.1. Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Bach www.marix.org „Der einzige Weg, die Grenzen des Möglichen zu finden, ist ein klein wenig über diese hinaus in das Unmögliche vorzustoßen.“ - Arthur C. Clarke