RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v7 00/12] wifi: mwifiex: added code to support host mlme.

[David Lin]

> From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 3:47 AM
> To: David Lin <yu-hao.lin@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx; kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx;
> Pete Hsieh <tsung-hsien.hsieh@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v7 00/12] wifi: mwifiex: added code to support
> host mlme.
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> On Fri, Dec 01, 2023 at 11:05:47PM +0000, David Lin wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 04:31:03PM +0800, David Lin wrote:
> > > > 5. Address reviewer comments.
> > > You should list the changes you did, something that generic is
> > > forcing the reviewer to compare v7 vs v6 to known what changed.
> >
> > Can I summary what should I do and hopefully I can make agreement with
> you:
> >
> > 1. Separate patch v7 6/12 as a single patch.
> > 2. Merged all other patches as a single patch for host mlme.
> 
> I would suggest to proceed the following way:
> 
>  1. v8 of this series should have only 2 patches
>    - PATCH v8 1/2 : add host mle station support.
>    - PATCH v8 2/2 : add host mle AP support.
> 
>    Any kind of fix on these 2 new functionalities should be squashed in
>    these single 2 patches. No commit to add a functionality with a bug
>    that is fixed with a follow-up commit. If you discover bugs during
>    your testing this is great, just amend the original commit that
>    introduced it.
> 
>    I am assuming that is fair to implement station and AP support in
>    separated patches, please speak up if this is not the case.
> 
>  2.  PATCH v7 06/12: this should be send as a new separate patch, with a
>      Fixes: tag and Cc:stable.
> 
> > So there should be no patch v8 and only have two patches, one for host
> > mlme and another one to fix hostap restart issue.
> 
> It's ok to have a v8, restarting another series will be even more confusing IMO.
> 

Thanks for your suggestions. I will follow your suggestions to generate following patches.

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Francesco