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 86A8435DA68; Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:18:44 +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=1791627525; cv=none; b=L414VNBo3wIHU8ibxVg2JPyVWVQDT5AoJtPK0CpKpfM27Am0qIgqCP46Ahw1itgRLffhnEkUu0y+yle5TlY+qG20/Qvw3i/vRulWdsjxR8fegMeKiFK3vNDs5Yhfdl6EE6ba1r2n5fmdfuY/9l1dLqn7PyPFfeybbsp23Hqij+I= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791627525; c=relaxed/simple; bh=u4fS4+Gr0Z4oZ+rx5uuJu4na497BmTWbICDLerp3ZyY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=AK054JhBjfizG7uGTquX/R+Xd7RFmMAuESCNzQlExLHBSo2OxZaJFaP0tPVTcQ8qzP5oHqq1CoFK4WTzSXc6br6ZI+1htGqHV0cZ2Xd8Shpudqk9VuPgH6IakSa0j8TnRbiNeD7lH4P8RpZ9Xm/mHQAu1b+jZX0OvQunZ/9LA8M= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=jFl4J+hM; 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="jFl4J+hM" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 86F101F000FF; Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:18:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1791627524; bh=PFJuhzoVrpQZuTpaRI2h9RuwqxLaHz09kowFKeLYSng=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=jFl4J+hMe2IvDZ3io2Qbjiww6D7DiwTQYpjNcXTFdC0GZEoSH7QtRk4fMaUQJhbti QKFDc4T+S14utk5nhBj3mWaztrPgF/ZyyrLbwCr+U4RW9FLBmM/HKja+Uh0p7tXCR4 XBSg+m4UTnRAZwdDniyNKB+VFdJ22XumUXWWqBa4= Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:18:39 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Luka Gejak Cc: Ping-Ke Shih , 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: <2026101046-transport-unnerving-96de@gregkh> References: <20261006130701.120460-1-luka.gejak@linux.dev> <20261006130701.120460-6-luka.gejak@linux.dev> <3db085e6c3c14545ac9fd4221e0715ed@realtek.com> <2026100746-delicate-carless-a04c@gregkh> <3028b229a6fbe02d2bcfa30c497b6a768ba8c928@linux.dev> 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: <3028b229a6fbe02d2bcfa30c497b6a768ba8c928@linux.dev> On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 10:35:25AM +0000, Luka Gejak wrote: > October 7, 2026 at 12:06, "Greg KH" wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > Hi Greg, > > I have sent the patch, and I think you are going to like this > number: 66186 deletions Very happy :) > Not sure what people are going to use to learn though. It seems to > me everyone is repeating the same patches. Yeah, we need to dig up some more out-of-tree kernel code to add it for them to churn on. But really, this is a good thing, it's nice to see real support for this hardware finally. greg k-h