Re: Two rtlwifi drivers?

Hi PK,

you got good answers already so only short reply from me:

Pkshih [off-list ref] 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.

On the way, I'll attend netdev workshop in Korea, so we can meet there
if you attend too.

I'm also attending Netdev 2.2, looking forward to meeting you there.

-- 
Kalle Valo