Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:59678 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754453AbbEZOCt (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 May 2015 10:02:49 -0400 From: Kalle Valo To: Jakub Kicinski Cc: Johannes Berg , Felix Fietkau , linux-wireless , Jakub Kicinski Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 0/2] add mt7601u driver References: <1430571690-9054-1-git-send-email-moorray3@wp.pl> <1432546473-18081-1-git-send-email-moorray3@wp.pl> Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 13:26:00 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1432546473-18081-1-git-send-email-moorray3@wp.pl> (Jakub Kicinski's message of "Mon, 25 May 2015 11:34:31 +0200") Message-ID: <87d21n3a9z.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20150526_160255_342950_5A48F9C5) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Jakub Kicinski writes: > From: Jakub Kicinski > >> This miniseries adds support for the simplest of MediaTek Wi-Fi >> devices. MT7601U is a single stream bgn chip with no bells or whistles. >> My driver is partially based on Felix's mt76 but IMHO it doesn't >> make sense to merge the two right now because MT7601U is a design >> somewhere between old Ralink devices and new Mediatek chips. There >> wouldn't be all that much code sharing with the devices mt76 supports. >> Situation may obviously change when someone decides to extend m76 with >> support for the more recent USB dongles. >> >> The driver supports only station mode. I'm hoping to add AP support >> when time allows. >> >> This driver sat on GitHub for quite a while and got some testing there. >> If anyone is interested in full git history and such here's a link: >> >> http://github.com/kuba-moo/mt7601u >> >> I split the submission into the build things and meta data (kconfig, >> Makefiles, MAINTAINERS update etc.) and the actual code to make the >> reviewing a little easier. > > v2: > - don't zero parts of just allocated skb (Johannes) > - add delay to polling of MAC state (Johannes) > - use paged RX (Johannes) > - add more device IDs (Jose) > - reduce number of RX buffers > - increase max length of USB dma aggregate > > v3: > - rebase > > Jakub Kicinski (2): > add mt7601u driver > add mt7601u kbuild and others I pushed v4 (a squashed version of these patches which didn't make it to the list for some reason) to the pending branch: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git/commit/?h=pending&id=1feab03d9ecce61ec9a64a56fda7717e703135a9 I'm planning to apply this soon. So if anyone has concerns or comments about this driver better to speak up now. -- Kalle Valo