Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Joe Perches]

64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
Anything else?

It seems like the driver doesn't need to be there anymore.

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Florian Fainelli]

(with JC's other email)

On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
> Anything else?

Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
-- 
Florian

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> (with JC's other email)

And now with Greg's proper email too

> On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
> > Anything else?
> 
> Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
> supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
> I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
> and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...

No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:57:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > (with JC's other email)
> 
> And now with Greg's proper email too
> 
> > On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
> > > Anything else?
> > 
> > Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
> > supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
> > I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
> > and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
> 
> No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.

Without hardware or a "real" maintainer, it shouldn't be moved.

Heck, if no one has the hardware, let's just delete the thing.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Florian Fainelli]

On 02/03/2017 12:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:57:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> (with JC's other email)
>>
>> And now with Greg's proper email too
>>
>>> On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>> 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
>>>> Anything else?
>>>
>>> Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
>>> supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
>>> I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
>>> and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
>>
>> No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.
> 
> Without hardware or a "real" maintainer, it shouldn't be moved.
> 
> Heck, if no one has the hardware, let's just delete the thing.

I do have one, and other colleagues have some too, but I am not heavily
using it, nor do I have many cycles to spend on that... sounds like we
could keep it in staging for another 6 months and see what happens then?
-- 
Florian

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:38:45PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 02/03/2017 12:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:57:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> >> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >>> (with JC's other email)
> >>
> >> And now with Greg's proper email too
> >>
> >>> On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> >>>> 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
> >>>> Anything else?
> >>>
> >>> Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
> >>> supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
> >>> I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
> >>> and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
> >>
> >> No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.
> > 
> > Without hardware or a "real" maintainer, it shouldn't be moved.
> > 
> > Heck, if no one has the hardware, let's just delete the thing.
> 
> I do have one, and other colleagues have some too, but I am not heavily
> using it, nor do I have many cycles to spend on that... sounds like we
> could keep it in staging for another 6 months and see what happens then?

Well, if it works for you, want to maintain it?  :)

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Florian Fainelli]

On 02/03/2017 12:44 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:38:45PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> On 02/03/2017 12:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:57:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>>>> (with JC's other email)
>>>>
>>>> And now with Greg's proper email too
>>>>
>>>>> On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>>>> 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
>>>>>> Anything else?
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
>>>>> supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
>>>>> I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
>>>>> and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
>>>>
>>>> No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.
>>>
>>> Without hardware or a "real" maintainer, it shouldn't be moved.
>>>
>>> Heck, if no one has the hardware, let's just delete the thing.
>>
>> I do have one, and other colleagues have some too, but I am not heavily
>> using it, nor do I have many cycles to spend on that... sounds like we
>> could keep it in staging for another 6 months and see what happens then?
> 
> Well, if it works for you, want to maintain it?  :)

I'd have to locate the documentation first, and you would have to reply
to my patch series about DSA ;)
-- 
Florian

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 06:37:02PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 
> 
> On 02/03/2017 12:44 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:38:45PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >> On 02/03/2017 12:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:57:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >>>>> (with JC's other email)
> >>>>
> >>>> And now with Greg's proper email too
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> >>>>>> 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
> >>>>>> Anything else?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
> >>>>> supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
> >>>>> I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
> >>>>> and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
> >>>>
> >>>> No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.
> >>>
> >>> Without hardware or a "real" maintainer, it shouldn't be moved.
> >>>
> >>> Heck, if no one has the hardware, let's just delete the thing.
> >>
> >> I do have one, and other colleagues have some too, but I am not heavily
> >> using it, nor do I have many cycles to spend on that... sounds like we
> >> could keep it in staging for another 6 months and see what happens then?
> > 
> > Well, if it works for you, want to maintain it?  :)
> 
> I'd have to locate the documentation first, and you would have to reply
> to my patch series about DSA ;)

I don't have any patch series in my queue, sorry, so I have no idea what
you are talking about...

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Florian Fainelli]

Le 02/04/17 à 00:08, Greg KH a écrit :
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 06:37:02PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 02/03/2017 12:44 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:38:45PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>>> On 02/03/2017 12:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:57:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>>>>>> (with JC's other email)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And now with Greg's proper email too
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>>>>>> 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
>>>>>>>> Anything else?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
>>>>>>> supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
>>>>>>> I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
>>>>>>> and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.
>>>>>
>>>>> Without hardware or a "real" maintainer, it shouldn't be moved.
>>>>>
>>>>> Heck, if no one has the hardware, let's just delete the thing.
>>>>
>>>> I do have one, and other colleagues have some too, but I am not heavily
>>>> using it, nor do I have many cycles to spend on that... sounds like we
>>>> could keep it in staging for another 6 months and see what happens then?
>>>
>>> Well, if it works for you, want to maintain it?  :)
>>
>> I'd have to locate the documentation first, and you would have to reply
>> to my patch series about DSA ;)
> 
> I don't have any patch series in my queue, sorry, so I have no idea what
> you are talking about...

You don't really? How about this patch series:

https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg147917.html

and me asking you another time to provide feedback:

https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg150885.html
-- 
Florian

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Feb 05, 2017 at 07:21:17PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Le 02/04/17 à 00:08, Greg KH a écrit :
> > On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 06:37:02PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On 02/03/2017 12:44 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 12:38:45PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >>>> On 02/03/2017 12:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> >>>>> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:57:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> >>>>>> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >>>>>>> (with JC's other email)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And now with Greg's proper email too
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
> >>>>>>>> 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
> >>>>>>>> Anything else?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
> >>>>>>> supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
> >>>>>>> I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
> >>>>>>> and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Without hardware or a "real" maintainer, it shouldn't be moved.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Heck, if no one has the hardware, let's just delete the thing.
> >>>>
> >>>> I do have one, and other colleagues have some too, but I am not heavily
> >>>> using it, nor do I have many cycles to spend on that... sounds like we
> >>>> could keep it in staging for another 6 months and see what happens then?
> >>>
> >>> Well, if it works for you, want to maintain it?  :)
> >>
> >> I'd have to locate the documentation first, and you would have to reply
> >> to my patch series about DSA ;)
> > 
> > I don't have any patch series in my queue, sorry, so I have no idea what
> > you are talking about...
> 
> You don't really? How about this patch series:
> 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg147917.html
> 
> and me asking you another time to provide feedback:
> 
> https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg150885.html

Argh, that stuff, yeah, that's in a different review queue, and is going
to take "real work" on my side to get through, which is why it hasn't
happened yet, sorry...

it's not lost.

greg k-h

Re: Is it time to move drivers/staging/netlogic/ out of staging?

[Jayachandran C.]

On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 2:08 AM, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/03/2017 12:36 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:57:16AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 10:50 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>>> (with JC's other email)
>>>
>>> And now with Greg's proper email too
>>>
>>>> On 02/03/2017 10:47 AM, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>>> 64 bit stats isn't implemented, but is that really necessary?
>>>>> Anything else?
>>>>
>>>> Joe, do you have such hardware that you are interested in getting
>>>> supported, or was that just to reduce the amount of drivers in staging?
>>>> I am really not clear about what happened to that entire product line,
>>>> and whether there is any interest in having anything supported these days...
>>>
>>> No hardware.  Just to reduce staging driver count.
>>
>> Without hardware or a "real" maintainer, it shouldn't be moved.
>>
>> Heck, if no one has the hardware, let's just delete the thing.
>
> I do have one, and other colleagues have some too, but I am not heavily
> using it, nor do I have many cycles to spend on that... sounds like we
> could keep it in staging for another 6 months and see what happens then?

Unfortunately, I am no longer with Broadcom and don't have access to these
boards anymore. This driver is for XLR, the next generation SoC called XLP
has a different on-chip network accelerator - and that driver is not available
publicly other than in FreeBSD[1]

JC.
[1] https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/mips/nlm/dev/net/