Re: [PATCH] Slowly update in-kernel orinoco drivers to upstreamcurrent CVS

[Pavel Roskin]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Francois Romieu wrote:

> A serie of patches is available for at:
> http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.7-mm7
>
> It contains 12 patches and applies against 2.6.7-mm7. The patches are
> commented. The comments are partly taken from the cvs log by Pavel Roskin.

I hope the patches lead to the CVS version on the "for_linus" branch which 
has no compatibility code.  I'm quite comfortable with the "for_linus" and 
"Standalone" branches.

As for the HEAD branch, it has unfinished (skeleton only) prism_usb driver 
meant for Intersil Prism USB devices (such as DWL-122).  It also has 
working orinoco_usb driver.  Unfortunately, I don't feel good about that 
code.  The way how this code is integrated with the common code is 
questionable.  A lot of work would be needed to handle USB better. 
That's not something that could be done before the next release.

I'm very busy now and I don't have time to finish the little bits I 
planned for the 0.15 release.  However, the CVS version on the "for_linus" 
branch is releasable and has no known regressions compared to any previous 
version.  Feel free to apply the patches to the kernel now.  I expect to 
have more time for free software in the end of August.

If David is OK, we could release the current code as version 0.15.  I'm OK 
with it.  I have to adapt my ambitions to my time constraints.  I'll 
appreciate if my name is added to the MAINTAINERS file once the new driver 
is committed.

--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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