> -----Original Message----- > From: Kalle Valo [mailto:kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 9:23 PM > To: Pkshih > Cc: Larry Finger; Greg Kroah-Hartman; Dan Carpenter; 莊彥宣; Johannes Berg; Souptick Joarder; > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Two rtlwifi drivers? > > Hi PK, > > you got good answers already so only short reply from me: > > Pkshih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > 3) Coming drivers -- rtl8723de and rtl8821ce > > We're developing the two drivers, and rtl8723de and rtl8821ce will > > be ready on 2017Q4 and 2018Q1 respectively. The drivers are based on > > rtl8822be that in staging now, so the line of code will be fewer. > > The new files will be a new IC folder and IC supported files of > > three modules that btcoexist, phydm and halmac. Could I submit > > them to wirless tree when they're ready? > > My recommendation is to avoid accumulating patches at all cost and start > submitting them as soon as you can. This way you get patches committed > much more smoother. So do not wait until _all_ patches are ready, > instead start submitting patches as soon as you have _some_ patches > ready. In other words, keep the delta between mainline and your > not-yet-submitted patches as small as possible. > > And the patches don't need to be bug free as you can always fix bugs > later. Just mention in the commit logs that this is preparation for some > new feature and not fully tested yet. We do that all the time, for > example Intel's iwlwifi has support for hardware which have not reached > customers yet. > Thanks for your answer. I'll submit patches when the drivers are ready and stable. I have another question about the rules of new files. If I want to add some new files, could I send a big patch with all new files? Is there any limit? Thanks PK
