Re: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 09/10/2014, 12:33 PM, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
> 2014-09-09 22:27 GMT+04:00, John W. Linville <linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>:
>> On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 04:02:10PM +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
>>> 2014-09-05 15:33 GMT+04:00 Paul Bolle <pebolle-IWqWACnzNjzz+pZb47iToQ@public.gmane.org>:
>>>> Hi Sergey,
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 15:12 +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
>>>>> 2014-09-05 14:10 GMT+04:00, Paul Bolle <pebolle-IWqWACnzNjzz+pZb47iToQ@public.gmane.org>:
>>>>>> On Wed, 2014-06-18 at 13:46 +0200, Paul Bolle wrote:
>>>>>>> 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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I waited until rc3. Have you seen any activity on this front? If
>>>>>> not,
>>>>>> should I resend the patch that removes the code in mainline that
>>>>>> depends
>>>>>> on ATHEROS_AR231X (ie, AHB bus support)?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Recent activity always could be found in [1]. Now I finish another one
>>>>> round of cleanups and have a plan to fix several things (you can
>>>>> always find something that you really want to improve). But if you
>>>>> insist I could immediately switch to "send upstream" mode. And seems
>>>>> that this would be better approach.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. https://dev.openwrt.org/log/trunk/target/linux/atheros
>>>>
>>>> And where can the related PULL requests or patch submissions be found?
>>>>
>>> I have not sent patches yet, since I thought that it would be easier
>>> to cleanup them in openwrt tree and then send them upstream.
>>
>> That excuse has worn a bit thin.  Perhaps Paul should repost his
>> removal and you can add a revert to the start of your patch series?
>>
> As for me, I do not like such flapping

Agreed in case what you have is in a good enough shape. You (and also
others) can still clean up the code in upstream too. So, if it is
mergeable, send it for upstream inclusion now, otherwise I am all for
John to apply the Paul's patch. The unused code has been a way too long
in the tree now.

thanks,
-- 
js
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