* backports for wifi-7 and kernel 6.5
@ 2023-11-23 14:24 Cristian Cimpianu
2023-11-24 13:34 ` Larry Finger
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From: Cristian Cimpianu @ 2023-11-23 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: backports; +Cc: eyal
Hi guys,
I've been working on a project using the backports project to build some custom wifi modules for different kernel versions.
Now the customer wants to do a wifi-7 chip keeping the infrastructure the same as much as possible. But wifi-7 has been added into kernel 6.5, while the backports project is still at 5.15. And the customer wants that in like 6 months.
So, in the hope I will understand better what would be the easiest solution, I figured I could ask here.
Is there a plan to add support in the backports project for kernel 6.5 or for the wifi-7 changes to the mac80211 and cfg80211 modules?
best regards,
Cristian.
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* Re: backports for wifi-7 and kernel 6.5
2023-11-23 14:24 backports for wifi-7 and kernel 6.5 Cristian Cimpianu
@ 2023-11-24 13:34 ` Larry Finger
2023-11-24 17:38 ` Brian Witte
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From: Larry Finger @ 2023-11-24 13:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cristian Cimpianu, backports; +Cc: eyal, brian witte
On 11/23/23 08:24, Cristian Cimpianu wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I've been working on a project using the backports project to build some custom wifi modules for different kernel versions.
> Now the customer wants to do a wifi-7 chip keeping the infrastructure the same as much as possible. But wifi-7 has been added into kernel 6.5, while the backports project is still at 5.15. And the customer wants that in like 6 months.
> So, in the hope I will understand better what would be the easiest solution, I figured I could ask here.
> Is there a plan to add support in the backports project for kernel 6.5 or for the wifi-7 changes to the mac80211 and cfg80211 modules?
Christian,
I do not know the details, but Brian Witte (Cc'd here) recently informed me that
Felix Flietkau has a backports tree for kernel 6.5.
Larry
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* Re: backports for wifi-7 and kernel 6.5
2023-11-24 13:34 ` Larry Finger
@ 2023-11-24 17:38 ` Brian Witte
2023-12-04 13:36 ` Cristian Cimpianu
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Brian Witte @ 2023-11-24 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: backports, Cristian Cimpianu, Larry Finger; +Cc: eyal
> ----------------------------------------
> From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> Date: Nov 24, 2023, 7:34:16 AM
>
> Christian,
>
> I do not know the details, but Brian Witte (Cc'd here) recently informed me that
> Felix Flietkau has a backports tree for kernel 6.5.
>
> Larry
>
>
Cristian,
I was asking questions on #backports IRC channel since I also am trying to get a
more up-to-date backports release. I had started patching from 5.15 and was
making some progress, but it was going slower than I'd like and then Hauke
shared this tree with me:
https://github.com/nbd168/backports
It appears to be on 6.5, I have only pulled the code at this point and haven't
fully tested it since we had a holiday here in US and I have been traveling and
with family.
Felix is maintaining that tree for OpenWrt from what I have been told.
You can see various 6.x backports tarballs here if you search "backports":
https://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/
I am going to be digging into this for Realtek backports repos that Larry and I
work on. It seems like there is some renewed interest in backports these
days, haha.
Let me know if I can help in any way as I am working on similar problems.
I will report back if any issues come while working with Felix's tree. I am very
grateful it was shared with me to say the least...
Brian Witte
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* Re: backports for wifi-7 and kernel 6.5
2023-11-24 17:38 ` Brian Witte
@ 2023-12-04 13:36 ` Cristian Cimpianu
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Cristian Cimpianu @ 2023-12-04 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: backports, Larry Finger, Brian Witte; +Cc: eyal
Thanks a lot guys.
That tree seems to have contributions from all the right people and it seems to generate a working 6.5 tree.
br,
Cristian.
On vineri, 24 noiembrie 2023 19:38:07 EET Brian Witte wrote:
>
> > ----------------------------------------
> > From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> > Date: Nov 24, 2023, 7:34:16 AM
> >
> > Christian,
> >
> > I do not know the details, but Brian Witte (Cc'd here) recently informed me that
> > Felix Flietkau has a backports tree for kernel 6.5.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
>
> Cristian,
>
> I was asking questions on #backports IRC channel since I also am trying to get a
> more up-to-date backports release. I had started patching from 5.15 and was
> making some progress, but it was going slower than I'd like and then Hauke
> shared this tree with me:
>
> https://github.com/nbd168/backports
>
> It appears to be on 6.5, I have only pulled the code at this point and haven't
> fully tested it since we had a holiday here in US and I have been traveling and
> with family.
>
> Felix is maintaining that tree for OpenWrt from what I have been told.
> You can see various 6.x backports tarballs here if you search "backports":
>
> https://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/
>
> I am going to be digging into this for Realtek backports repos that Larry and I
> work on. It seems like there is some renewed interest in backports these
> days, haha.
>
> Let me know if I can help in any way as I am working on similar problems.
>
> I will report back if any issues come while working with Felix's tree. I am very
> grateful it was shared with me to say the least...
>
> Brian Witte
>
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