From: Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@gmail.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de, s.L-H@gmx.de,
linville@tuxdriver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Driver for the ar5523 chipset
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:52:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5077BE43.7050200@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121011203112.GB3317@kroah.com>
Hi,
> But what is keeping this driver from going to the "proper" place in the
> kernel tree (i.e. drivers/net/...)? I don't have a problem adding it to
> the staging tree, but it would need a TODO file to list what is needed
> to get it out of the staging tree.
I couldn't decide myself so I asked John and he suggested staging.
Perhaps it should be in driver/net/wireless after all. Can you and John
give some advice?
Here's a list of things to consider:
* The FW API is reverse engineered and no real documentation is available.
* Limited functionality (notably no HW crypto offload).
* I'm committed to maintaining the driver and fix problems, but only as
a hobbist.
* It has received very limited testing. S L-H is the only one except
myself that has run it.
Cheers,
Pontus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-12 6:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-11 20:01 [PATCH 0/4] Driver for the ar5523 chipset Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-11 20:01 ` [PATCH 1/4] ar5523: Add main driver file Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-15 20:54 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2012-10-11 20:01 ` [PATCH 2/4] ar5523: Add driver header file Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-13 5:41 ` Kalle Valo
2012-10-13 10:14 ` Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-13 15:45 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-10-21 19:58 ` Kalle Valo
2012-10-11 20:01 ` [PATCH 3/4] ar5523: Add Firmware API " Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-11 20:01 ` [PATCH 4/4] ar5523: Add Kconfig and Makefile Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-11 20:31 ` [PATCH 0/4] Driver for the ar5523 chipset Greg KH
2012-10-12 6:52 ` Pontus Fuchs [this message]
2012-10-12 7:28 ` Mohammed Shafi
2012-10-12 8:36 ` Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-12 8:23 ` Julian Calaby
2012-10-12 8:33 ` Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-12 11:45 ` Chadd, Adrian
2012-10-30 17:08 ` Adrian Chadd
2012-11-01 17:41 ` Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-12 7:11 ` Kalle Valo
2012-10-12 14:33 ` John W. Linville
2012-10-13 5:38 ` Kalle Valo
2012-10-13 10:25 ` Pontus Fuchs
2012-10-21 16:35 ` Kalle Valo
2012-10-13 15:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-10-13 15:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-10-22 22:43 ` Greg KH
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