From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5694C433EF for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2022 01:04:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236937AbiBDBER (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2022 20:04:17 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35374 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S238913AbiBDBEK (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2022 20:04:10 -0500 Received: from mail-il1-x12b.google.com (mail-il1-x12b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::12b]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F375FC061714 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2022 17:04:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-il1-x12b.google.com with SMTP id s1so3596773ilj.7 for ; Thu, 03 Feb 2022 17:04:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sladewatkins.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=vsYnyVvYFGHo7pOeom7DUE8A4xMG+flUzg/LtgljbN4=; b=IJ5u1uWSq0s7u7LuVWfv07ojvWBmS+JM/hf6zVjeQjLvT6bLj6520JMwiGvCnp7U2f aYiFVIM9p+g0FT8Jc7uzOhgkgWE1q7TtEkhHkAy1TX3n/SMbp7+pGazO1sHZAcr04y+V wywSLBdItMbYTgz39aVXqPFRwgu2xMP3mX1jVG/APi7Ctjb2QVwkjP22Y5Ot7xoeUAmC Kl0cuxOaSdV9fjXSDo1Bqsubu3lffU51xG9OMCHkGid296K9HJvHRJ4TqnzaDxsZVIlc vuMxOYpvYhvh97dc6hrFav6tnjSlRfwhVPv7XOg4TOAOoX9LEwlaR0rbFjKJAlA6yXfN 8+qA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=vsYnyVvYFGHo7pOeom7DUE8A4xMG+flUzg/LtgljbN4=; b=RyUaJxuKFhZp9jepCJGpGoGytakQ4kL67zfHvvaD1Y/7yFKBMceRapI9Z/nO5zSORh OaK4E7C1m2X59RxxBsV2qh37BacFiV9Tc3LE9yZZFrrzitn24JBV7VpqFHutWvhFbDQx gGy/uOx5ouvjj4TWog+dXcHjACL1Z3TkkjqDtn4OSSPriY4GVg1KH+yv4TJckNpgjPuN eFNeTHDZ7Johgwx+oodp8IWeXuYf6EQGYwh+3QmasZcKxR0HRwabrEkGaXpqE8NflWsz 3c2CTpnOseu8kRCz8EYfryXKCYNvmMYNgsdrhmulKJTIs6c9F0kmz3IfA4uOjxbDLpp5 V2oQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532pmtbonwhv5dMMW1XFz6+EmP8+xQqagVuj2merW7HJjT7zYmzD qacfW5j+Ae0qSbjwrG/xq1Ts9rbRzSdsAzpCnNLm8ZJ9WVeQ+yJR X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy/+UXHdodcb+v5q944XnHDzMcp7XY0yDek/JB6f+X5QgxJxzsMorNaDpU8whRqd5y+cFQLaw0sEeHqEDlgN4g= X-Received: by 2002:a92:c566:: with SMTP id b6mr315541ilj.79.1643936649279; Thu, 03 Feb 2022 17:04:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3721475a-a154-7a1a-ad23-b8a77873f951@lwfinger.net> In-Reply-To: <3721475a-a154-7a1a-ad23-b8a77873f951@lwfinger.net> From: Slade Watkins Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 20:03:58 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: rtw89 driver To: Larry Finger Cc: Wireless , Linux Kernel Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:57 PM Larry Finger wrote: > > If for some reason, you do not like my version of the kernel code in the GitHub > repo that you reference, then you could use the Backports Project. > > Backporting a driver into one of the stable trees is not a sanctioned activity. > Stable kernels only get fixes for bugs, not new features such as a complete driver. > > At least one distro packages rtw89 as kernel modules the same as my GitHub repo. > That distro is openSUSE, which gets its source from that very repo. There may be > others that provide similar packages. Alright thanks for the info, Larry! I really appreciate it :-) All the best, Slade