Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Hello, > > I think the wfx driver is now mature enough to be accepted in the > drivers/net/wireless directory. > > The firmware is now a part of the linux-firmware repository since relase > 20210315[1]. It had taken a bit of time because I have worked with the legal > department to simplify the redistribution terms of the firmware. > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-firmware/2833354.gXvVfaC4I7@pc-42/ > > > As requested by Kalle[2], I send one file per patch. At the end, all the > patches (or at least the patches 3 to 24) will be squashed (therefore, I > didn't bother to write real commit messages). > > [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87ft6p2n0h.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Here is a diagram of the global architecture that may help to understand > the code: > > ,------------------------------------. > | mac80211 | > `------------------------------------' > ,------------+-----------+-----------. > | sta | | | > | scan | | | > | main | | | > +------------+ data_tx | | > | key | | data_rx | > | hif_tx_mib | queue | | > | hif_tx | | | > | hif_rx | | | > | hif_api_* | | | > +------------+-----------+-----------+--------. > | bh | fwio | > +------------------------------------+--------+ > | hwio | > +---------------------------------------------+ > | bus_sdio | > | bus_spi | > `---------------------------------------------' > ,---------------------------------------------. > | spi / sdio | > `---------------------------------------------' > > Roughly, I have sent the files from the bottom to the top. > > > v8: > - Change the way the DT is handled. The user can now specify the name of > the board (= chip + antenna) he use. It easier for board designers to > add new entries. I plan to send a PR to linux-firmware to include PDS > files of the developpement boards belong the firmware (I also plan to > relocate these file into wfx/ instead of silabs/). (Kalle, Pali) > - Prefix visible functions and structs with "wfx_". I mostly kept the > code under 80 columns. (Kalle, Pali, Greg) > - Remove support for force_ps_timeout for now. (Kalle) > - Fix licenses of Makefile, Kconfig and hif_api*.h. (Kalle) > - Do not mix and match endianess in struct hif_ind_startup. (Kalle) > - Remove magic values. (Kalle) > - Use IS_ALIGNED(). (BTW, PTR_IS_ALIGNED() does not exist?) (Kalle) > - I have also noticed that some headers files did not declare all the > struct they used. > > These issues remain (I hope they are not blockers): > - I have currently no ideas how to improve/simplify the parsing PDS file. > (Kalle) > - We would like to relate the SDIO quirks into mmc/core/quirks.h, but the > API to do that does not yet exist. (Ulf, Pali) So is this a direct version from staging-next? If yes, what commit id did you use? Or do you have your own set of patches on top of staging-next? -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
