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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:49:39 -0500
From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
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To: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
CC: Matt Chen <mattsled@gmail.com>,
	Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa@googlemail.com>,
	Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@gmail.com>,
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	Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
	Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
Subject: Re: Driver for Mediatek MT7630E
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On 06/13/2014 08:25 AM, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 02:22:34PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
>> On 06/12/2014 11:33 AM, Matt Chen wrote:
>>> If I remember correct for SLE11, that was from MediaTek-Ralink, they
>>> did it based on SLE11 kernel. The code is ouch but could work. That
>>> was a nightmare when I tried to port...can't imagine that.... :(
>>
>> I have not tested as my hardware has not been delivered, but I have
>> the driver building with current wireless-testing source. I also
>> have created a proper Makefile.
>>
>> Yes, merging the changes into rt2x00 will be a hassle.
>
> We usually we look at vendor driver and write new code to rt2x00 based
> on that. For example, I did that for RT5592, Gabor for RT3593. In
> oposite to cleaning up vendor driver in staging, it require lot of more
> work, but also guarantee that we will have clean and maintaible code.

That is what I plan on doing. This driver is already mac80211 based, thus I see 
no benefit in going to staging. You will have plenty of opportunities to review 
the code before it is submitted.

Larry