[Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] initrd, staging tree, and multi-tree management

[Takashi Iwai]

Hi,

I'd like to attend this year's kernel summit.

* A topic that came to my mind is about initrd.  Although initrd is a
pretty fundamental thing for kernel, we don't touch this development
directly at all.  As a result, there are way different
implementations.  For distro POV, a unified "official" tool would make
a lot of sense. 

I remember Dave Jones once proposed it years back, and I'll try to
whip a dead horse, as the situation hasn't changed at all since then.

* Another topic is about staging tree.  The staging tree is surely a
good move, but the development of drivers in staging tree looks far
from ideal, unfortunately.  It seems to me that it's not clear whether
many staging drivers are intended to be merged to the main subsystem
or just been there. 
And, in many cases, the drivers submitted to the staging tree got
rotten while the vendor continues the development of out-of-tree
driver.

* As many developments are involved with multiple subsystems, wouldn't
  it be better to have a clear consensus about the multi-tree
  management?


thanks,

Takashi