Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Migrate QRTR Nameservice to Kernel

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Feb 21 2020 - 15:05:33 EST


From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:43:25 +0530

> This patchset migrates the Qualcomm IPC Router (QRTR) Nameservice from userspace
> to kernel under net/qrtr.
>
> The userspace implementation of it can be found here:
> https://github.com/andersson/qrtr/blob/master/src/ns.c
>
> This change is required for enabling the WiFi functionality of some Qualcomm
> WLAN devices using ATH11K without any dependency on a userspace daemon. Since
> the QRTR NS is not usually packed in most of the distros, users need to clone,
> build and install it to get the WiFi working. It will become a hassle when the
> user doesn't have any other source of network connectivity.
>
> The original userspace code is published under BSD3 license. For migrating it
> to Linux kernel, I have adapted Dual BSD/GPL license.
>
> This patchset has been verified on Dragonboard410c and Intel NUC with QCA6390
> WLAN device.

Series applied, thank you.