Igor Mitsyanko <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 05/29/2016 02:35 PM, Jonas Gorski wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 26 May 2016 at 20:52, Avinash Patil <avinashp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> This patch adds support for new FullMAC WiFi driver for Quantenna >>> QSR10G chipsets. >>> >>> QSR10G is Quantenna's 8x8, 160M, 11ac offering. >>> QSR10G supports 2 simultaneous WMACs- one 5G and one 2G. 5G WMAC >>> supports 160M, 8x8 configuration. >>> FW supports 8 concurrent virtual interfaces on each WMAC. >>> >>> Patch introduces 2 new drivers- qtnfmac.ko for interfacing with >>> kernel/cfg80211 and qtnfmac_pcie.ko for PCIe bus interface. >> Nice to see this one, will you also provide a pearl-linux.lzma.img as >> required for the firmware? What about cards in embedded devices, might >> they require a uboot as well? Since requesting uboot seems to be >> specifically supported by the card/firmware interface. > > Hi Jonas, > we will provide firmware, but we're not sure at which point it should > be done: addressing any review comments for driver may affect firmware > itself, probably the best time to provide firmware would be after new > driver is accepted and merged? I would prefer to see the firmware images publically available before the driver gets applied. What if you send the firmware patches as RFC only to linux-wireless? That way linux-firmware.git maintainers won't apply them, hopefully. And mention in the commit log that this is just for testing purposes, not to be applied. -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
