Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:15:59 -0400 (EDT) | From | Pavel Roskin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Slowly update in-kernel orinoco drivers to upstream current CVS |
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Francois Romieu wrote:
> A serie of patches is available for at: > http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.7-mm7 > > It contains 12 patches and applies against 2.6.7-mm7. The patches are > commented. The comments are partly taken from the cvs log by Pavel Roskin.
I hope the patches lead to the CVS version on the "for_linus" branch which has no compatibility code. I'm quite comfortable with the "for_linus" and "Standalone" branches.
As for the HEAD branch, it has unfinished (skeleton only) prism_usb driver meant for Intersil Prism USB devices (such as DWL-122). It also has working orinoco_usb driver. Unfortunately, I don't feel good about that code. The way how this code is integrated with the common code is questionable. A lot of work would be needed to handle USB better. That's not something that could be done before the next release.
I'm very busy now and I don't have time to finish the little bits I planned for the 0.15 release. However, the CVS version on the "for_linus" branch is releasable and has no known regressions compared to any previous version. Feel free to apply the patches to the kernel now. I expect to have more time for free software in the end of August.
If David is OK, we could release the current code as version 0.15. I'm OK with it. I have to adapt my ambitions to my time constraints. I'll appreciate if my name is added to the MAINTAINERS file once the new driver is committed.
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