From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.11.231]:59095 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750946AbbAZHEj convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jan 2015 02:04:39 -0500 From: Kalle Valo To: =?utf-8?Q?Rafa=C5=82_Mi=C5=82ecki?= Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, Hauke Mehrtens Subject: Re: [PATCH] b43: AC-PHY: prepare place for developing new PHY support References: <1422205297-24767-1-git-send-email-zajec5@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:04:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1422205297-24767-1-git-send-email-zajec5@gmail.com> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Rafa=C5=82=09Mi=C5=82ecki=22's?= message of "Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:01:37 +0100") Message-ID: <87egqiggzi.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (sfid-20150126_080845_781582_E8429AFB) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Rafał Miłecki writes: > There are new (not anymore?) Broadcom 802.11ac wireless cards based on > chipsets like BCM4352 and BCM4360. They use a new PHY type (called > simply AC) that will require new specific code. > > Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki > --- > > Kalle: as this commit & Kconfig say, this is just a beginning of new > PHY type support. In the past we used development model this patch > follows. Code for new PHY was added patch by patch. Adding everything > at once would require a huge patchset & development behing the doors. > Also sending small patches allows better review of changes & should > result in a better code quality. Let me know if there are any > problems. Sounds good to me. Just keep dependency to BROKEN until it's usable and make sure that the code compiles after every patch. -- Kalle Valo From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kalle Valo Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:04:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] b43: AC-PHY: prepare place for developing new PHY support In-Reply-To: <1422205297-24767-1-git-send-email-zajec5@gmail.com> (=?utf-8?Q?=22Rafa=C5=82=09Mi=C5=82ecki=22's?= message of "Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:01:37 +0100") References: <1422205297-24767-1-git-send-email-zajec5@gmail.com> Message-ID: <87egqiggzi.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: =?utf-8?Q?Rafa=C5=82_Mi=C5=82ecki?= Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, Hauke Mehrtens Rafa? Mi?ecki writes: > There are new (not anymore?) Broadcom 802.11ac wireless cards based on > chipsets like BCM4352 and BCM4360. They use a new PHY type (called > simply AC) that will require new specific code. > > Signed-off-by: Rafa? Mi?ecki > --- > > Kalle: as this commit & Kconfig say, this is just a beginning of new > PHY type support. In the past we used development model this patch > follows. Code for new PHY was added patch by patch. Adding everything > at once would require a huge patchset & development behing the doors. > Also sending small patches allows better review of changes & should > result in a better code quality. Let me know if there are any > problems. Sounds good to me. Just keep dependency to BROKEN until it's usable and make sure that the code compiles after every patch. -- Kalle Valo