Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:44080 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753822AbaIOTAR (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:00:17 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:45:47 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Sergey Ryazanov Cc: Jiri Slaby , 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X Message-ID: <20140915184546.GB3891@tuxdriver.com> (sfid-20140915_210049_586969_2BB4BABA) References: <1403091974.1984.102.camel@x220> <1409911856.7832.9.camel@x220> <1409916824.7832.20.camel@x220> <20140909182734.GJ29412@tuxdriver.com> <541037D2.7060007@gmail.com> <20140911192146.GC22872@tuxdriver.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20140911192146.GC22872@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 03:21:46PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 04:19:21PM +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote: > > 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. > > Is this code coming or not? When can I expect to see it posted? FYI -- Sergey posted a series to linux-mips on 14 September 2014 that touches the symbol in question. For whatever reason, it is posted there as RFC. Does this satisfy the interested parties?? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.