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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 09/28] Remove ATHEROS_AR231X
    On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 02:50:30PM +0400, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
    > 2014-02-11 3:43 GMT+04:00 Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@gmail.com>:
    > > 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.
    > >
    >
    > John, can you delay the merging of this patch for a few months, I will
    > try to prepare the necessary patches to add AR231x architecture to the
    > kernel and send them to linux-mips.

    OK -- looking forward to your patches.

    --
    John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you
    linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.


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