From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 395B84657CD; Wed, 7 Oct 2026 10:06:10 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791367579; cv=none; b=ii9s1fZowQVK++Ln42Em3+/Z3mX7xOFNrlLuDp5wICDY6Y3S4vJ6Gio2ahqdJaqEHQVugH5/MBbuWe5YqSipKdjiXsLVeGL3Bl6YftcKUXg7/KPYaxQHs2FGa7QFygNs4KrXoq5hlpkp+FBaJhygPSgHebHjbynQ+MLYUsIY+cg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791367579; c=relaxed/simple; bh=ThrzCWIksPL20Ok+TRrv8CFsYflsE4O/YtD/49PYevw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=YThcqO8zWXtdWN2Mmn7YedgREDjL5+bBbIs0q5Kexgue74cyk0hQ/O83PM5nABkW84WsLZ6nxkL/p0/hWaAGSzewSIH8nipheWlUwutiT614BUWIxjF5elNOQSBamLsIC0BxcKOAZUzZUdEzBHR9OL7pjOBIQ6fh4CITK7p8Ihc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=JrKC435N; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="JrKC435N" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 70BA81F0089B; Wed, 7 Oct 2026 10:06:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1791367570; bh=gcbMhU19QSnXMHHjLFPjXFMjKZxKIL/KJWHABvvuKeY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=JrKC435Nrkfanim9zp5IovDQbp6gGrXufUUSBbfXOf3xfwBDFij0pen4rWBZ8gQfn gxKOGbtSoIGpY2sqi+lHlLsdbqlCl53geJIXTpqj2LB3GkQm5rWdCLtu9t7obBndsT X5bcdIfRTwrNVdxbdraLIL0svkSQcMdh1c/vchww= Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 12:06:06 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Ping-Ke Shih Cc: Luka Gejak , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Michael Straube , Peter Robinson , Bitterblue Smith Subject: Re: [PATCH rtw-next v8 5/7] wifi: rtw88: 8723b: add the RTL8723B chip driver Message-ID: <2026100746-delicate-carless-a04c@gregkh> References: <20261006130701.120460-1-luka.gejak@linux.dev> <20261006130701.120460-6-luka.gejak@linux.dev> <3db085e6c3c14545ac9fd4221e0715ed@realtek.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 08:54:03AM +0000, Ping-Ke Shih wrote: > + Greg to staging rtl8723bs driver question > > Hi Greg, > > Luka Gejak wrote: > > October 7, 2026 at 10:32, "Ping-Ke Shih" > mailto:pkshih@realtek.com?to=%22Ping-Ke%20Shih%22%20%3Cpkshih%40realtek.com%3E > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Luka Gejak wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > October 7, 2026 at 04:57, "Ping-Ke Shih" > > > mailto:pkshih@realtek.com?to=%22Ping-Ke%20Shih%22%20%3Cpkshih%40realtek.com%3E > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Luka Gejak wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Add the Realtek RTL8723B 802.11n chip driver: the chip operations, the > > > > > power sequences, the efuse layout, the RF and IQ calibration, and the > > > > > chip specific coexistence handling. > > > > > > > > > > The RTL8723B chip support is based on the initial work by > > > > > Michael Straube . > > > > > Link: https://github.com/mistraube/rtw88/tree/rtl8723bs > > > > > > > > > > Co-developed-by: Michael Straube > > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael Straube > > > > > Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak > > > > > Reviewed-by: Bitterblue Smith > > > > > > > > > Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Ping-Ke, > > > > > > > > Thanks for helping and reviewing the series throughout this > > > > upstreaming process. Just one question, when is the series planned to > > > > be applied to rtw-next? I am planning to send a patch to staging to > > > > remove staging rtl8723bs and I need to have information when is it > > > > landing. > > > > > > > I'll merge this patchset and send pull-request tomorrow, but I think you > > > should remove staging rtl8723bs until this patchset drains to upstream. > > > > > > Ping-Ke > > > > > > > Ok. Thanks for information. However, by the time this series reaches > > upstream, won't the merge window be closed? Therefore 2 drivers for > > the same chip will exist for one kernel version, and Greg previously > > said that when a driver is merged we should remove staging so there > > are no two drivers for the same chip. > > Luka did rewrite RTL8723BS vendor driver (i.e. staging rtl8723bs) into > upstream rtw88 driver, and I plan to merge this patchset and send > pull-request to wireless maintainer tomorrow. However, the two drivers > are existing at this moment. > > My question is that can Luka send a patch to remove staging rtl8723bs, > and goes via my tree? Then you don't need to wait for my pull-request > being upstream. Can it work to you? That's fine with me, delete away! thanks, greg k-h