Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianc...@redhat.com> writes:
> On Aug 01, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 10:39:58AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> > Stanislaw Gruszka <sgrus...@redhat.com> writes:
>> >
>> > > Add mt76x0 driver for MT7610U based USB dongles. Currently driver
>> > > support only STA mode.
>> > >
>> > > mt76x0 is based on Jakub's mt7601u driver already included
>> > > in the kernel. I would like the driver be integrated as part
>> > > of mt76 (instead of separate driver in mediatek dir like mt7601u)
>> > > to utilize mt76 code for adding support for MT76x0 PCIe devices
>> > > in further development.
>> >
>> > So what's the future for mt7601u, are we going to delete it? What's
>> > Jakub's opinion about all this? And what's the delta featurewise between
>> > mt7601u and this driver? Which one will be loaded by default?
>>
>> mt7601u is driver for different chip: MT7601. This driver if for MT7610
>> chip. There are lot of similarities between the drivers, but there are
>> bunch of differences too. And in the future development of mt76x0, due
>> to integration into mt76 and mt76x2u and adding support for PCIe chips,
>> the differences against mt7601u will be much be bigger.
>>
>> > Also I noticed that mt76 is missing an entry in MAINTAINERS file? Could
>> > someone send a separate patch to add that, please?
>>
>> The question is if Felix would like to be the maintainer? Otherwise who would
>> want to do this job? I think the best option would be to get some
>> commitment from Mediatek if that possible, maybe Sean Wang could aggree
>> to be the maintainer ? :-)
>
> Maybe add multiple maintainers? I think the best option is Felix (if he
> agrees)
> since he started the work and he has more experience/knowledge of the code
Yeah, multiple maintainers would also work. Another option is to have
one maintainer and one or more reviewers:
R: Designated reviewer: FullName <address@domain>
These reviewers should be CCed on patches.
And even better if Mediatek could actively join the development and
review.
--
Kalle Valo
