Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752508AbaBLKuz (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Feb 2014 05:50:55 -0500 Received: from mail-yk0-f175.google.com ([209.85.160.175]:51623 "EHLO mail-yk0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752103AbaBLKuv (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Feb 2014 05:50:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1391971686-9517-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <1391971686-9517-10-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <52F7D480.1050106@hauke-m.de> <52F7DF21.70207@nod.at> <52F8C373.9060108@rempel-privat.de> From: Sergey Ryazanov Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:50:30 +0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X To: "John W. Linville" Cc: Oleksij Rempel , Richard Weinberger , Jonathan Bither , OpenWrt Development List , Hauke Mehrtens , Jiri Slaby , Nick Kossifidis , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , "open list:ATHEROS ATH5K WIR..." , "open list:ATHEROS ATH5K WIR..." , open@hauke-m.de, "list@hauke-m.de:NETWORKING DRIVERS" , open list , "antonynpavlov@gmail.com" , Florian Fainelli Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 2014-02-11 3:43 GMT+04:00 Sergey Ryazanov : > 2014-02-11 2:37 GMT+04:00 Florian Fainelli : >> 2014-02-10 4:38 GMT-08:00 Sergey Ryazanov : >>> 2014-02-10 16:17 GMT+04:00 Oleksij Rempel : >>>> Am 10.02.2014 13:05, schrieb Sergey Ryazanov: >>>>> 2014-02-10 0:03 GMT+04:00 Richard Weinberger : >>>>>> Am 09.02.2014 20:18, schrieb Hauke Mehrtens: >>>>>>> On 02/09/2014 07:47 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote: >>>>>>>> The symbol is an orphan, get rid of it. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger >>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Kconfig | 10 +++++----- >>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h | 28 ---------------------------- >>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 14 -------------- >>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/led.c | 7 ------- >>>>>>>> 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This code is used in OpenWrt with an out of tree arch code for the >>>>>>> Atheros 231x/531x SoC. [0] I do not think anyone is working on adding >>>>>>> this code to mainline Linux kernel, because of lack of time/interest. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry, we don't maintain out of tree code. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Oleksij, Jonathan do you still working to make ar231x devices work >>>>> with upstream, since your posts [1, 2]? Or may be someone from OpenWRT >>>>> team would like to add upstream support? >>>>> >>>>> 1. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/13/321 >>>>> 2. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/13/358 >>>>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> my current target was to provide barebox and openocd support. >>>> - ar2313 is already upstream on barebox. >>>> - ar2315-2318 (barebox) awaiting review by Anthony Pavlov. >>>> - openocd (EJTAG) support is ready and i'll push it ASUP. >>>> >>> WOW, Impressive. >> >> That's a nice toy project, although since there are is an existing >> bootloader with sources, I would have shifted the priority towards >> getting the kernel support merged such that the bootloader can be used >> for something. BTW I sent a few devices to Jonathan, not sure if he >> ever got those... >> >>> >>>> I hope Jonathan do kernel part. If not, i can provide some work, since i >>>> have testing boards and expiriance on this hardware. >>>> >>> If you need, I can test kernel part, or even do some porting work. I >>> have some AR231x based boards, e.g. Ubnt LS2 and NS2. >> >> I guess you could start splitting the OpenWrt patches into a format >> that makes them suitable for being merged upstream and starting with >> the MIPS parts. There might be a bunch of checkpatch.pl cleanup work >> to do before getting those submitted. > > I will do that if Jonathan does not have a working solution, which he > would like to push upstream. So, let's wait for his reply. > John, can you delay the merging of this patch for a few months, I will try to prepare the necessary patches to add AR231x architecture to the kernel and send them to linux-mips. -- BR, Sergey -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/