On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:52:34AM +0000, Jerome Pouiller wrote: > From: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Hello all, > > This series add support for Silicon Labs WiFi chip WF200 and further: > > https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/data-sheets/wf200-datasheet.pdf > > This driver is an export from: > > https://github.com/SiliconLabs/wfx-linux-driver/ > > I squashed all commits from github (it definitely does not make sense to > import history). Then I split it in comprehensible (at least try to be) > commits. I hope it will help readers to understand driver architecture. > IMHO, firsts commits are clean enough to be reviewed. Things get more > difficult when I introduce mac8011 API. I tried to extract important > parts like Rx/Tx process but, big and complex patches seem unavoidable > in this part. > > Architecture itself is described in commit messages. > > The series below is aligned on version 2.3.1 on github. If compare this > series with github, you will find traditional differences between > external and a in-tree driver: Documentation, build infrastructure, > etc... In add, I dropped all code in CONFIG_WFX_SECURE_LINK. Indeed, > "Secure Link" feature depends on mbedtls and I don't think to pull > mbedtls in kernel is an option (see "To be done" below). > > > What need to be done in this driver to leave staging area? > > - I kept wfx_version.h in order to ensure synchronization with github > waiting for development goes entirely in kernel That should be removed soon. > - 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. The rest of these are fine, can you add this list in a TODO file for this directory like the other staging drivers have? thanks, greg k-h
