Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:11:03 -0700 | From | "Luis R. Rodriguez" <> | Subject | Re: Release of Atheros 802.11n USB Linux driver |
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On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:26:55PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 11:50:45PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 07:04:17PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > > We would like to see our Atheros 802.11n USB Linux driver upstream > > > however we need help with this so we are releasing our Atheros 11n USB > > > Otus Linux driver under the ISC to the community. The goal is to work > > > with the community to help move this forward upstream. We are hoping > > > for community help and leadership on this (*cough*). > > > > Yeah! > > > > I'll grab this and put it in drivers/staging/ so it gets some users and > > more developers to help out with it. > > Ok, it seems to need some basic work to merely build properly on > "modern" kernel versions.
Yeah, it works up to 2.6.24.
> So, how should we do this if I want to move it into staging? Can I just > take a snapshot of what you have in this repo, move it in-kernel, fix > the build errors and apply that patch (as your contribution of course)?
That's the thing it needs Wireless Extension support for >= 2.6.24 so that needs to be done. I can try to do it but first comes ath9k, hence why we released it to engage with the community on adding that and to eventually push it upstream.
> Then future development can go off of the in-kernel version? Or do you > plan to keep this git tree active somehow?
Yeah so the purpose of the git tree is to collect patches to allow users to use it with >= 2.6.24, all other focus should be on an in-kernel driver.
Luis
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