Re: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X

Paul Bolle
2014-06-18T11:46:20Z

Hi Sergey,

On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 15:10 +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
> 2014-06-18 14:25 GMT+04:00 Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>:
> > ATHEROS_AR231X and the things depending on it, like AHB bus support,
> > have been discussed for three years now. When will you (re)consider a
> > patch to remove all currently dead code?
> >
> > And to state the obvious: AHB bus support, and the other code depending
> > on ATHEROS_AR231X, can always be re-added once ATHEROS_AR231X gets added
> > to the tree.
>
> Work in progress, I don't stop it. Just work is progressing slower
> than I had planned. I am already cleanup the code (mostly checkpatch
> errors and warnings) and send patches to OpenWRT tree. Further I plan
> to simplify initialization and I will be ready to send patches
> upstream.

That's good to hear.

> I need a couple of weeks for this. Is its reasonable time to not make
> a mess of remove/add commits?

Removing the code just to re-add it shortly after would indeed be
awkward.

Having this conversation every rc1 is getting a bit silly. Could Jiri
e.a. perhaps set some specific deadline for ATHEROS_AR231X to be
submitted?

Thanks,

Paul Bolle