From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (lindbergh.monkeyblade.net [23.128.96.19]) (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 590FF17757 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 16:05:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: delayed 600 seconds by postgrey-1.37 at lindbergh.monkeyblade.net; Fri, 09 Jun 2023 09:05:33 PDT Received: from node.akkea.ca (li1434-30.members.linode.com [45.33.107.30]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 505A835A3 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 09:05:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by node.akkea.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9E464E200E; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 15:46:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=akkea.ca; s=mail; t=1686325588; bh=LAlFToPdxEjfDDOxau4rnrHY/5HdHkZYkM3bM6GWhss=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=THoZhJEcLFt2yQ73IygMtJS0dPoRZd3dAhP/UOyicRHfbLJ4/p84ZPM8/XKpT2Pqo lEd42rn5GK7ZprF77LPoUZq6OS2G0VK4gM8yHLai6M4MC4HSKjyeB6rdXWz0NueQCl VTwjMQhUTvLaE7zbXY6OIf9/v2B5D0j/byHFwUsQ= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.akkea.ca Received: from node.akkea.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.akkea.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6LidfUErIBoC; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 15:46:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.akkea.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by node.akkea.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 505664E200C; Fri, 9 Jun 2023 15:46:28 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=akkea.ca; s=mail; t=1686325588; bh=LAlFToPdxEjfDDOxau4rnrHY/5HdHkZYkM3bM6GWhss=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=THoZhJEcLFt2yQ73IygMtJS0dPoRZd3dAhP/UOyicRHfbLJ4/p84ZPM8/XKpT2Pqo lEd42rn5GK7ZprF77LPoUZq6OS2G0VK4gM8yHLai6M4MC4HSKjyeB6rdXWz0NueQCl VTwjMQhUTvLaE7zbXY6OIf9/v2B5D0j/byHFwUsQ= Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:46:28 -0700 From: Angus Ainslie To: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me_Pouiller?= Cc: Kalle Valo , Ganapathi Kondraju , Marek Vasut , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Amitkumar Karwar , Amol Hanwate , Jakub Kicinski , Johannes Berg , Martin Fuzzey , Martin Kepplinger , Narasimha Anumolu , Sebastian Krzyszkowiak , Shivanadam Gude , Siva Rebbagondla , Srinivas Chappidi , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] MAINTAINERS: Add new maintainers to Redpine driver In-Reply-To: <3166282.5fSG56mABF@pc-42> References: <1675433281-6132-1-git-send-email-ganapathi.kondraju@silabs.com> <112376890.nniJfEyVGO@pc-42> <3166282.5fSG56mABF@pc-42> Message-ID: <50ab38c7104b99277bca512ba8f59255@akkea.ca> X-Sender: angus@akkea.ca User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.17 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Hi Jérôme, On 2023-06-09 08:10, Jérôme Pouiller wrote: > > You are talking about this driver[1] I assume? > > [1]: https://github.com/SiliconLabs/RS911X-nLink-OSD > > [...] >> In the meantime, since RSI neglected this driver for years, what would >> be the suggestion for people who are stuck with the RSI WiFi hardware? > > Unfortunately, my only suggestion is to use the downstream driver we > mentioned above. That driver isn't really a solution as it rarely applies cleanly to recent kernels. The lack of proper commit messages also makes the changes opaque. Cheers Angus