Re: What's so special in the at76c503a chipset?

On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Alberto Mardegan wrote:

>   Actually, the main point of my post is another: why isn't this driver
> in the kernel? It looks very clean, and I cannot see why it shouldn't be
> accepted. As an end-user, even if the compilation of this package is
> extremely easy, I would like better to have it into the mainstream
> kernel, which would make the build process even easier.

It takes time and advocacy to get a driver accepted into the mainstream 
kernel. It also needs enough spare time with the kernel maintainers for 
them to have a look at it and give it the OK.

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Charlie