Re: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X

Sergey Ryazanov
2014-02-10T23:44:18Z

2014-02-11 2:37 GMT+04:00 Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>:
> 2014-02-10 4:38 GMT-08:00 Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@gmail.com>:
>> 2014-02-10 16:17 GMT+04:00 Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>:
>>> Am 10.02.2014 13:05, schrieb Sergey Ryazanov:
>>>> 2014-02-10 0:03 GMT+04:00 Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>:
>>>>> Am 09.02.2014 20:18, schrieb Hauke Mehrtens:
>>>>>> On 02/09/2014 07:47 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>>>>>>> The symbol is an orphan, get rid of it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Kconfig | 10 +++++-----
>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.h | 28 ----------------------------
>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 14 --------------
>>>>>>> drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/led.c | 7 -------
>>>>>>> 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This code is used in OpenWrt with an out of tree arch code for the
>>>>>> Atheros 231x/531x SoC. [0] I do not think anyone is working on adding
>>>>>> this code to mainline Linux kernel, because of lack of time/interest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, we don't maintain out of tree code.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oleksij, Jonathan do you still working to make ar231x devices work
>>>> with upstream, since your posts [1, 2]? Or may be someone from OpenWRT
>>>> team would like to add upstream support?
>>>>
>>>> 1. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/13/321
>>>> 2. https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/13/358
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> my current target was to provide barebox and openocd support.
>>> - ar2313 is already upstream on barebox.
>>> - ar2315-2318 (barebox) awaiting review by Anthony Pavlov.
>>> - openocd (EJTAG) support is ready and i'll push it ASUP.
>>>
>> WOW, Impressive.
>
> That's a nice toy project, although since there are is an existing
> bootloader with sources, I would have shifted the priority towards
> getting the kernel support merged such that the bootloader can be used
> for something. BTW I sent a few devices to Jonathan, not sure if he
> ever got those...
>
>>
>>> I hope Jonathan do kernel part. If not, i can provide some work, since i
>>> have testing boards and expiriance on this hardware.
>>>
>> If you need, I can test kernel part, or even do some porting work. I
>> have some AR231x based boards, e.g. Ubnt LS2 and NS2.
>
> I guess you could start splitting the OpenWrt patches into a format
> that makes them suitable for being merged upstream and starting with
> the MIPS parts. There might be a bunch of checkpatch.pl cleanup work
> to do before getting those submitted.

I will do that if Jonathan does not have a working solution, which he
would like to push upstream. So, let's wait for his reply.

--
BR,
Sergey