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Re: [PATCH] wifi: wilc1000: validate chip id during bus probe

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On 1/23/24 12:06, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> On 1/22/24 23:03, David Mosberger-Tang wrote:
>>> Previously, the driver created a net device (typically wlan0) as soon
>>> as the module was loaded.  This commit changes the driver to follow
>>> normal Linux convention of creating the net device only when bus
>>> probing detects a supported chip.
>>
>> I would gladly help review/test the patch, but please give us some time between
>> versions to take a look (even if you can mention if you found issues yourself).
>> Also, each version should be a separate thread, bearing the new version in the
>> "Subject" line.
>> Additionally (to answer your cover letter), the patches must target the wireless
>> branches (likely wireless-testing), not linux-next
>> (https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/git-guide)
> 
> Actually wireless-next is preferred for the baseline (unless it's a fix
> going to -rc releases):
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/

Oh, ok, thanks for the correction, I may have misinterpreted the wiki then

-- 
Alexis Lothoré, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com





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