Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Radio device framework

[Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal@freescale.com>]

On 7/11/2013 9:52 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 09:29:49AM +0530, Akhil Goyal wrote:
>> On 7/8/2013 3:19 PM, akhil.goyal@freescale.com wrote:
>>> From: Akhil Goyal<akhil.goyal@freescale.com>
>>>
>>> RF signal path is integral part of any system that transmits/receives RF
>>> (radio frequency) signals. In these systems Data is processed/converted
>>> to IQ samples (digital representation a RF signal) and passed to a RFIC
>>> (RF PHY) which converts the digital RF signal (IQ samples) to analog and
>>> transmits over antenna.
>>>
>>> Typically The signal path consists of multiple components:
>>>
>>> Antenna controller<->   vector signal processors<->   RFIC<->   Antenna
>>>
>>> Each of these components have specific functionalities:
>>>
>>> 1. Antenna controller: Framing of digital IQ data into protocol specific frames.
>>> 2. vector signal processors: For conditioning of signal.
>>> 3. RFIC : converts digital IQ data to analog signal which is transmitted/received on/from Air.
>>>
>>> Also it is desirable to control the complete signal path, for example:
>>> bringing the complete signal path up/down etc.
>>>
>>> The radio device framework introduces a way to accommodate the RF signal
>>> paths.  One signal path is represented as a RF device (rf0, rf1 etc), and
>>> it can contain multiple components which have their individual vendor
>>> specific drivers. The framework provides mechanism by which individual
>>> components can register with RF framework, and the framework will handle the binding
>>> of individual component devices to a RF device. RF device exports the control
>>> interfaces to user space, and this user space interface is independent of
>>> component (vendor specific) drivers.
>>>
>>> This patch set include
>>> 1. RF Interface: Independent of phy or antenna controller.
>>> 2. AIC driver: Antenna interface Controller(AIC) of Hetrogenous SOC's
>>> like BSC9131, BSC9132
>>> 4. Device tree bindings for AIC.
>>> 5. Device tree changes for BSC9131-AIC
>>>
>>> changes in v2:
>>> 1. incorporated comments for handling pointers in user space API structures.
>>> 2. Removed patches for AD9361 phy driver. It shall be sent once a proper
>>> driver is in place for AD9361 chip
>>> 3. Removed Device tree nodes/bindings for AD9361
>>> 4. Incorporated comments for proper handling of wait_events
>>> 5. Added Documentation for IOCTL APIs and the structures used.
>>> 6. Inserted paddings in user space structures.
>>> 7. Reorganized code for rfdev.c to remove forward declaration and broke the
>>> rf_ioctl() function to handle local structures correctly.
>>> 8. Corrected the error handling for mutex used.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Arnd/Greg,
>>
>> It has been 3-4 days for this patch set and there are no review
>> comments on these patches. Please suggest a way forward for the
>> patch set. I have incorporated all the review comments for v1.
>
> We are thick in the middle of the merge window for 3.11-rc1 and have
> _no_ time for reviewing anything new, please give us a chance to catch
> up with our existing work before asking about new stuff that is not
> going to happen until 3.12 at the earliest.
>
> In sort, patience please.
>
Hi Greg,

I could see some patches for 3.12 on the mailing list. Shall I resend 
the patches on the list or is it still on your TODO list.

-Akhil