Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi Dmitry, > > (relevant people and lists CC'd) > > On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 3:16 AM Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Kalle, >> >> what's an actual status of brcm80211 driver? It seems >> that the relevant MAINTAINERS entries are no longer >> useful, and [1] states that Broadcom is just "disappeared". > > Arend hasn't posted since February: > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/63f72045-e51d-d9a4-a0ed-c221bcdcee03@xxxxxxxxx/ > > Franky is still reviewing things as of early August: > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/CA+8PC_evb-6Y3dKnAN4BN=ODEVxY5-cDb6Lc72u0j1WBtx7p1A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Hante hasn't posted since 2018: > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/4f6223b8083ed69432493a37d4f45b69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Hector Martin has a bunch of Apple-specific patches downstream in the > Asahi Linux kernel and has been looking for guidance on how to > upstream it without any real answers: > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/181af6e9-799d-b730-dc14-ee2de2541f35@xxxxxxxxx/ > > There's also speculation that the Raspberry Pi people have downstream > patches too, but I haven't been able to find anything concrete in a > very brief search. Thanks for the research, that is helpful. > Finally, the Cypress / Infineon people appear to be uninterested in > discussing the driver. > > I think it's pretty safe to say that this driver is nearly > unmaintained by Broadcom, definitely unmaintained by Cypress / > Infineon and Arend is unable to answer questions relating to anything > beyond the code as-written. > > Kalle, should this driver get orphaned? We definitely need to consider that but let's first wait for Arend to comment. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
