Re: rtw89 driver

From: Slade Watkins
Date: Thu Feb 03 2022 - 20:04:18 EST


On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:57 PM Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If for some reason, you do not like my version of the kernel code in the GitHub
> repo that you reference, then you could use the Backports Project.
>
> Backporting a driver into one of the stable trees is not a sanctioned activity.
> Stable kernels only get fixes for bugs, not new features such as a complete driver.
>
> At least one distro packages rtw89 as kernel modules the same as my GitHub repo.
> That distro is openSUSE, which gets its source from that very repo. There may be
> others that provide similar packages.

Alright thanks for the info, Larry! I really appreciate it :-)

All the best,
Slade