Dell Venue 8 Pro "Dell Wireless" (Atheros 6k) chipset with SDIO ID 0271:0418 not recognized/supported

Dell Venue 8 Pro "Dell Wireless" (Atheros 6k) chipset with SDIO ID 0271:0418 not recognized/supported

[russianneuromancer]

Hi
 
Please look into commentary 50 from bugreport https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67921#c50 
There is patch for enabling support of Atheros Wireless adapter in Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet.
 
Please review if this possible to include this patch into upstream.

Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro "Dell Wireless" (Atheros 6k) chipset with SDIO ID 0271:0418 not recognized/supported

[Kalle Valo]

russianneuromancer@ya.ru writes:

> Please look into commentary 50 from bugreport https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67921#c50 
> There is patch for enabling support of Atheros Wireless adapter in Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet.
>  
> Please review if this possible to include this patch into upstream.

Do you mean this ath6kl patch:

https://github.com/AdamWill/baytrail-m/blob/master/kernel/support-Dell-OEM-chipset-found-in-Venue-8-Pro-SDIO-I.patch

That looks good to me, but please submit it officially as defined in the wiki:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath6kl#hacking_on_ath6kl

I also saw the comment about broken ath.git link, I fixed that now.

-- 
Kalle Valo

Re: Dell Venue 8 Pro "Dell Wireless" (Atheros 6k) chipset with SDIO ID 0271:0418 not recognized/supported

[Kalle Valo]

Hi,

please don't reply to me privately. Let's keep the discussion on the
lists so that others can join and learn.

"russianneuromancer@ya.ru" <russianneuromancer@ya.ru> writes:

>> That looks good to me, but please submit it officially as defined in
>> the wiki
>
> Just to be sure I understand you right - I have to just send e-mail with
> attached file "support-Dell-OEM-chipset-found-in-Venue-8-Pro-SDIO-I.patch" - is
> that correct?

You should submit the patch following the general Linux patch submission
rules. If you are not familiar with that I recommend doing thorough
research before your first. And for the actual submission I strongly
recommend to use 'git send-email'. Also remember to make sure that all
legal requirements are fulfilled, especially Signed-off-by tags.

Oh, and you have to use your real legal name. I can't take patches from
pseudonyms.

Here are few pointers:

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
https://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch

-- 
Kalle Valo