From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from out-171.mta0.migadu.com (out-171.mta0.migadu.com [91.218.175.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 35DDE284B25 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:13:51 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=91.218.175.171 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773220440; cv=none; b=NyYW4fpbZO9JfG69mQ7Bummcwq/LFDK8or3RqPDP7zOtFeTaPBsctDxhcrq5MZHhAlzsllCEKFOXnJlzvTt+Hi4KWzjlWdBkJwLGLbw7fnZYjbwKfQC+2jxlPc0BPnwpQDEtvvxZk619QoAmhmwesEnHzYNPvDXYgghV02RNKXY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773220440; c=relaxed/simple; bh=QqFMsoIAhsEpoNORK+4SlQnfQapVjOUkFGjglJ3+mmw=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=e7cJw5PJ1suPRpL6JXZin+PPWm3PAws5srCUIjMfDocgamczcGaBW9mDroeHizuqRfKuv+BHN2rG5+Uxw58+eWjFuxWAQafSXBBULcWseN883+cOmcWGWSrTZXxeTK1ja/azitUMxchYGzd/FJfJSklr32IcR+l7uG/CZqqNU0E= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.dev; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.dev; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.b=NKpaFeGi; arc=none smtp.client-ip=91.218.175.171 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.b="NKpaFeGi" Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:13:41 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.dev; s=key1; t=1773220430; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=VKBJLIT5Ui5Io3/mFwXWCpiS98U5shE/k7Te/nEZ+cI=; b=NKpaFeGiZ9RmCNgvflvwWgzTdDt34bycZq0lmQxwaPAZ/G+RXQpIvdn/RU4JG+WdNiPqlA Gy7Svwq2fWHX8vtXNgAJYhzdvaxHiFgiTER4Si1j9Fno43L/nanygYLRGSfwYrNrVVIZCX b3wn06M5YJiGRUegI5CImeJ0yOBGOLw= X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. From: Luka Gejak To: Dan Carpenter CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: I need piece of advice regarding rtl8723bs In-Reply-To: References: <270B444B-3171-4FEB-A43F-CD33DFFAB518@linux.dev> Message-ID: <0A9F09AD-0082-489F-878A-0899CB6F7413@linux.dev> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT On March 11, 2026 9:03:27 AM GMT+01:00, Dan Carpenter wrote: >On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 08:21:47AM +0100, Luka Gejak wrote: >> Hi Greg,=20 >> Sorry if I am taking a lot of your time or disrupting your workflow, >> but I would like a piece of advice regarding staging/rtl8723bs=2E As >> you may already know(or you may not), I am working on port of >> rtl8723bs to mac80211 architecture=2E I am currently on stage on >> getting wifi scans to work(I can bring up interface, and I believe >> that I am close to getting scans working as well) so I want to ask >> you if you recommend making patches for staging/rtl8723bs as once I >> finish the driver and begin process of upstreaming it >> staging/rtl8723bs will be irrelevant/deleted(or will it?)=2E >> Thank you for your time, Luka Gejak > >I'm not 100% sure what you are asking=2E=2E=2E > >If you want to port rtl8723bs to mac80211, that's great=2E We love >that=2E When it's ready we can review it=2E > >Until then people are free to change staging/rtl8723bs if they want to=2E >Your work on the port is future work=2E We can't really be confident of >anything that will happen in the future so we just go on with what we >have=2E > >When your driver is merged and it supports all the hardware that >staging/rtl8723bs does then we'll drop the staging driver=2E We never >keep two drivers for the same code=2E > >regards, >dan carpenter Hi Dan, Let me clarify, I am decently sure that I can make driver work and I want = to ask if I should focus of development of that driver or if I should take = time to contribute to staging/rtl8723bs as well=2E Sincerely Luka Gejak