Return-path: Received: from mail-yk0-f177.google.com ([209.85.160.177]:45845 "EHLO mail-yk0-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750882AbaIJMTW (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2014 08:19:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <541037D2.7060007@gmail.com> References: <20140213201421.GJ22203@tuxdriver.com> <1397581703.8212.5.camel@x220> <1403087119.1984.93.camel@x220> <1403091974.1984.102.camel@x220> <1409911856.7832.9.camel@x220> <1409916824.7832.20.camel@x220> <20140909182734.GJ29412@tuxdriver.com> <541037D2.7060007@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:19:21 +0400 Message-ID: (sfid-20140910_141943_934809_21BDE9DE) Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X From: Sergey Ryazanov To: Jiri Slaby Cc: "John W. Linville" , Paul Bolle , Nick Kossifidis , "Luis R. Rodriguez" , Oleksij Rempel , Richard Weinberger , Jonathan Bither , Hauke Mehrtens , ath5k-devel@venema.h4ckr.net, open@hauke-m.de, "list@hauke-m.de:NETWORKING DRIVERS" , "antonynpavlov@gmail.com" , OpenWrt Development List , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "list@hauke-m.de:NETWORKING DRIVERS" , open list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2014-09-10 15:36 GMT+04:00, Jiri Slaby : > On 09/10/2014, 12:33 PM, Sergey Ryazanov wrote: >> 2014-09-09 22:27 GMT+04:00, John W. Linville : >>> On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 04:02:10PM +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote: >>>> 2014-09-05 15:33 GMT+04:00 Paul Bolle : >>>>> Hi Sergey, >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 15:12 +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote: >>>>>> 2014-09-05 14:10 GMT+04:00, Paul Bolle : >>>>>>> On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 13:46 +0200, Paul Bolle wrote: >>>>>>>> Having this conversation every rc1 is getting a bit silly. Could >>>>>>>> Jiri >>>>>>>> e.a. perhaps set some specific deadline for ATHEROS_AR231X to be >>>>>>>> submitted? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I waited until rc3. Have you seen any activity on this front? If >>>>>>> not, >>>>>>> should I resend the patch that removes the code in mainline that >>>>>>> depends >>>>>>> on ATHEROS_AR231X (ie, AHB bus support)? >>>>>>> >>>>>> Recent activity always could be found in [1]. Now I finish another >>>>>> one >>>>>> round of cleanups and have a plan to fix several things (you can >>>>>> always find something that you really want to improve). But if you >>>>>> insist I could immediately switch to "send upstream" mode. And seems >>>>>> that this would be better approach. >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. https://dev.openwrt.org/log/trunk/target/linux/atheros >>>>> >>>>> And where can the related PULL requests or patch submissions be found? >>>>> >>>> I have not sent patches yet, since I thought that it would be easier >>>> to cleanup them in openwrt tree and then send them upstream. >>> >>> That excuse has worn a bit thin. Perhaps Paul should repost his >>> removal and you can add a revert to the start of your patch series? >>> >> As for me, I do not like such flapping > > Agreed in case what you have is in a good enough shape. You (and also > others) can still clean up the code in upstream too. So, if it is > mergeable, send it for upstream inclusion now, otherwise I am all for > John to apply the Paul's patch. Two days is the last deadline :) > The unused code has been a way too long > in the tree now. Code actively used in owrt firmware and its forks. -- BR, Sergey