On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:03:31AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 3:35 AM, Parth Sane <laerdevstudios@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Linus, > > A wifi kernel module has to be added to the linux source tree. > > > > http://www.mediatek.com/en/downloads/mt7610u-usb/ > > > > I've made an issue for the raspberry pirepository: > > > > https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/730 > > So to add this, somebody would have to make sure it works with the > current kernel, add it as a patch for the staging tree, be willing to > help test and help clean it up (because it's likely in bad shape), and > submit it to the staging people. > > Greg and the staging people can probably give better description of > exactly what they want/need in order for something like this to be > merged. To quote the "Process" documentation: > > "Greg Kroah-Hartman currently maintains the staging tree. Drivers that > still need work are sent to him, with each driver having its own > subdirectory in drivers/staging/. Along with the driver source files, a > TODO file should be present in the directory as well. The TODO file lists > the pending work that the driver needs for acceptance into the kernel > proper, as well as a list of people that should be Cc'd for any patches to > the driver. Current rules require that drivers contributed to staging > must, at a minimum, compile properly" > > Greg? Comments, hints, helpful pointers? That about describes it. Parth, do you have the hardware for this driver? Do you want to make up a patch for the kernel tree to add the driver to drivers/staging/ or do you need others to do that? And what specific USB device id do you have? This might just need to be added to an existing driver somewhere. Ralink / Mediatek are known for offering up whole new drivers for just a few new device ids. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
