From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vinatta.cz (vinatta.cz [37.205.8.231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78483277CAD; Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=37.205.8.231 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786340317; cv=none; b=nl/e/0VAwSGPlJOGimRZH3ZA6KOtwtenko1ih04xfiPfJr/1WW+KxiQyWkP3Arvk20IFfy1ZcdP9wYgrkFPmJQV9elGFfs/nqiskq2gerZy6mQt3lJnXx4IY57fCleKME0KXmIa+nlFg9IMroQGY1NWxKVXhdqjG/FsKKWjcZAY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1786340317; c=relaxed/simple; bh=rdgatJqXq09iZfF8MwWC7oqz/aY6pcVLm3L68LKTsVg=; h=Mime-Version:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:To:From:Cc:Subject: References:In-Reply-To; b=JoxB2a0jm2ITwXeFGUgkvKyb/YD5N++vfrX/89XdxlwiDfyCc+aOA1EOFnWmKcSBnB9nd5LRDsyDQFmyQq50SQPU4wy8c73tyrCJr2Wq0jpVcbdXYsBW1sYNgP8LoxZkLJUMvqWJRUV58IZ2YAmPjwDckBa2ylNgoaNET+5fj8o= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=matfyz.cz; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=vinatta.cz; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=vinatta.cz header.i=@vinatta.cz header.b=oGxaFSkb; arc=none smtp.client-ip=37.205.8.231 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=matfyz.cz Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=vinatta.cz Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=vinatta.cz header.i=@vinatta.cz header.b="oGxaFSkb" 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 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: devicetree@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: 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: 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