From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, fabioaiuto83@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] staging: rtl8188eu: move all source files from core subdirectory
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 21:28:36 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210721182836.GX1931@kadam> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0c2d97fa-e1e1-3564-98b8-37d5b9a1a9cb@lwfinger.net>
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 12:33:28PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 7/21/21 2:49 AM, Phillip Potter wrote:
> > Dear Larry,
> >
> > Whilst I (and no doubt others) are happy to look into what you've
> > suggested, I do have a few questions:
> > (1) Why is the version from github not the one in staging?
> > (2) On a related note, working on it offline is difficult in terms of
> > proving contributions, particularly for a kernel mentee such as myself.
> >
> > Might I suggest replacing this driver with the one you suggested
> > entirely, so work on it can continue in public? I am happy to submit
> > this and continue work if you think it would be viable. Many thanks and
> > I appreciate your thoughts on this.
>
> The reason that the newer driver is at GitHub, rather than in the kernel, is
> that I never want to devote the 6 months needed to get it into the shape of
> the old one that I did send to staging. If you take a little time to look at
> the GitHub code, you will see what I mean. I did this once before only to
> have Realtek release a new version with all the old warts again. At least we
> have the fact that this is a heritage product, and Realtek will not be
> releasing any newer drivers.
You're obviously not a Realtek employee, but what are they doing for
wireless drivers these days?
regards,
dan carpenter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-07-21 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-19 22:46 [PATCH resend] staging: rtl8188eu: move all source files from core subdirectory Phillip Potter
2021-07-19 23:46 ` Larry Finger
2021-07-20 9:00 ` Fabio Aiuto
2021-07-20 22:54 ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-21 7:51 ` Fabio Aiuto
2021-07-21 0:22 ` Larry Finger
2021-07-21 7:47 ` Fabio Aiuto
2021-07-21 7:49 ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-21 17:33 ` Larry Finger
2021-07-21 18:28 ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2021-07-21 19:18 ` Larry Finger
2021-07-22 10:44 ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-22 13:28 ` Greg KH
2021-07-22 16:30 ` Larry Finger
2021-07-22 22:12 ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-20 22:51 ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-21 8:16 ` Greg KH
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