From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8652DC5AC82 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:23:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:References: Subject:Cc:From:To:Message-Id:Date:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Mime-Version:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=rdgatJqXq09iZfF8MwWC7oqz/aY6pcVLm3L68LKTsVg=; b=n5r0EdiXt48RISdJTg5ClpgPqH L32Pc1/eMiru8JW4HL1AmbyEqCrMmiIN8RfSycFI00mwDHVyYniTNp3C60db8GeO80wDlqsmZQNwi qxW0u06qpuev1S6TSuXPBYCvozYlpffVfl1S+PVMO+0kchqRHo9coJod5PtlGrOTT0Uud/bQe2uFl fSVofH/e7vApgNBGQVaZGH30t493WBIFQ4UaSGjaa++STcuy1UBIkrtDAJz1CI578dG4p7nPhs0JV 2KRY5OZR0uzy1DOpWsbMMCIc0YLZOT+93AM1aJFlehUgY+eUVAYaeU9c+jgoY/yNDkoBHON9pkg/i EJ/eICOg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wtITv-0000000B2kA-2dzB; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:23:27 +0000 Received: from vinatta.cz ([2a03:3b40:fe:428::1]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.99.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wtITr-0000000B2j5-23r6 for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:23:25 +0000 DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha256; bh=rdgatJqXq09iZfF8MwWC7oqz/aY6pcVLm3L68LKTsVg=; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=vinatta.cz; h=Subject:Subject:Sender:To:To:Cc:Cc:From:From:Date:Date:MIME-Version:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Reply-To:In-Reply-To:In-Reply-To:Message-Id:Message-Id:References:References:Autocrypt:Openpgp; i=@vinatta.cz; s=default; t=1786339366; v=1; x=1786771366; b=oGxaFSkb04TgaZtwxVkxckf1o7rYI9s9/g6I7Of/SalSoGIexeWIuZlUoEHf73s0Nz8+hSCO 2mOt9PDjshw9LrKOukPYyHWII+Uck9dHlxrom4H64jN1o5BFdzzPoa9+IFdmpBoKBQDBVl16dQs hC35Gafs18KqAAzWU46laRUuSsP4DfzpJLci/N+VWs3zQRlDEPttvBsDAEekZmzC1nzttaILjwY yZau2lTDM6Ymsd74zl4KX0Y06mN6FNZrSkv1WFxAl0CftJlHdo4eL5z7SAml85Z/PAHHrPlxTBn GrKqIEVA05Te3hkgHF92CN9f233BrkQuCP+yRINYgmKHA== Received: by vinatta.cz (envelope-sender ) with ESMTPS id 15759296; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:22:46 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:22:34 +0200 Message-Id: To: "Johannes Berg" From: "Karel Balej" Cc: "Brian Norris" , "Francesco Dolcini" , "Rob Herring" , "Krzysztof Kozlowski" , "Conor Dooley" , =?utf-8?q?Duje_Mihanovi=C4=87?= , "Andrew Lunn" , "Gregory Clement" , "Sebastian Hesselbarth" , "Ulf Hansson" , "Frank Li" , , , , , , <~postmarketos/upstreaming@lists.sr.ht>, , "Jeff Chen" , "Peng Fan" , Subject: Re: [DONOTAPPLY RFC PATCH v2 0/4] WiFi support for samsung,coreprimevelte References: <20251026182602.26464-1-balejk@matfyz.cz> In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.9.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260809_222324_003754_2D135E0A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 13.76 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Johannes, Karel Balej, 2026-05-17T10:14:58+02:00: > Karel Balej, 2026-04-29T12:55:23+02:00: >> what are the options here now? Would it be possible to make an >> exception and accept the patches without the firmware being in >> linux-firmware? This is an old device with no mainstream audience so I >> expect everyone who will want to use it will be able to supply the >> firmware themselves and it would be great to not have to keep the >> patches in a fork, especially when trying to build on top of them >> further (such as to fix the driver-firmware incompatibilities discussed >> in one of the patches of this series). > > would you please let us know whether there is any chance an exception > could be made for this chip regarding the firmware or whether there is > any other way to upstream the support? I still haven't heard from you, could you please have a look and let us know if there is any way forward? The support for the chip has been out of tree for over two and a half years now. Thank you, Karel