Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751972AbaBMUPa (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:15:30 -0500 Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:42553 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751885AbaBMUP0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:15:26 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 15:14:22 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Sergey Ryazanov 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X Message-ID: <20140213201421.GJ22203@tuxdriver.com> 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 02:50:30PM +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote: > 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. OK -- looking forward to your patches. -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready. -- 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/