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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2269C3A5A6 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:39:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D3E21D6C for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:39:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=broadcom.com header.i=@broadcom.com header.b="df2ht/hY" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389996AbfISLjh (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:39:37 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f66.google.com ([209.85.128.66]:51176 "EHLO mail-wm1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2388068AbfISLjf (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:39:35 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f66.google.com with SMTP id 5so4115781wmg.0 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 04:39:34 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=broadcom.com; s=google; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DKzAQahCYPhZ2ssPBGIJt75n2wk0bxvGCrcodj0E+8o=; b=df2ht/hYt42oGahvKnuFkzhFM20BjG6q6b2qOTyHeZ5qndKJKUFk/S8p9AtiHgm21z lLbbmV9F/x0vLg/s2ehHstlIlV8sPpwE1vP2BHwIpiPdcgqKajPq3ENzi/oCValibmbG Sgz6zWgIP5QJmAUogGBCFWNuYvNKKEp5OhQA4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=DKzAQahCYPhZ2ssPBGIJt75n2wk0bxvGCrcodj0E+8o=; b=syD41KPZItQ4BaeezHRMCYTlEtvhfuY7f8A6na/QJFaoXOSUbw43XMComUGHvL0cyB JdQAx9tgkAh1pdXZou6bChcHiZxyLw2/s9h6pFSi46EVYSDl6bg3YoA5cfc8azfOlsti qQBDhG/143Mg7qZBhehWX/ObMcmZQGDg4DtAs0e6TRkstUHCnPUuPrziwB1Z1p3x+mKe 7NnsUX1Cp7FCzbctj166czvwa0E1eIsfgBLUmV7wnuxqBLf9wrA/RH4313S3BK653UuU D5INw6ScHEiteeYYG/ms/tIpuxJKcvtN+Y/bkWsugWbNX76RPnu8pZhp0sQSrV8/M/lJ dH+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWTrI0dOvs8wP23MMaT+3y5nTROs+thlyxUNGynQgZKFhPVn0KN iIUdhA6Z6/4Mjf5xLGAxR63XBQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqynRI01eO1fYwKFW25INxMrTheYRYlf7PGDeX+77jnNAOkkPYIuZOeB0pAEfbh+4FmCSDeScw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:2208:: with SMTP id z8mr2687432wml.113.1568893173499; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 04:39:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.230.33.15] ([192.19.248.250]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z142sm11043922wmc.24.2019.09.19.04.39.32 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 19 Sep 2019 04:39:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/20] Add support for Silicon Labs WiFi chip WF200 and further To: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jerome Pouiller Cc: "devel@driverdev.osuosl.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Kalle Valo , "David S . Miller" , David Le Goff References: <20190919105153.15285-1-Jerome.Pouiller@silabs.com> <20190919112508.GA3037175@kroah.com> From: Arend Van Spriel Message-ID: <7639195f-59f0-a0dc-02f2-45b3a08e7002@broadcom.com> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:39:31 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190919112508.GA3037175@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 9/19/2019 1:25 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> - I also kept compatibility code for earlier Linux kernel version. I >> may drop it in future. Maybe I will maintain compatibility with >> older kernels in a external set of patches. > That has to be dropped for the in-kernel version. There is no need to maintain such compatibility. You basically get it for free with the linux-backports project [1]. Regards, Arend [1] https://backports.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page