This week at LWN: The sad story of the em28xx driver
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Over the last year or two, the kernel development process has been changed in a deliberate attempt to make the addition of new drivers easier. It has become clear that out-of-tree drivers often do not get any better until they are merged; meanwhile, users want those drivers and distributors are shipping them. So it would seem that everybody's interests are served by getting those drivers into the mainline tree. Experience with drivers merged under this policy has generally been positive; once those drivers head for the mainline, they get more attention and tend to improve quickly.
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