Re: [PATCH rtw-next v8 5/7] wifi: rtw88: 8723b: add the RTL8723B chip driver

["Luka Gejak" <luka.gejak@linux.dev>]

October 7, 2026 at 10:32, "Ping-Ke Shih" <pkshih@realtek.com mailto:pkshih@realtek.com?to=%22Ping-Ke%20Shih%22%20%3Cpkshih%40realtek.com%3E > wrote:


> 
> Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > October 7, 2026 at 04:57, "Ping-Ke Shih" <pkshih@realtek.com
> >  mailto:pkshih@realtek.com?to=%22Ping-Ke%20Shih%22%20%3Cpkshih%40realtek.com%3E > wrote:
> >  
> >  
> > 
> >  Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev> 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 <straube.linux@gmail.com>.
> >  > Link: https://github.com/mistraube/rtw88/tree/rtl8723bs
> >  >
> >  > Co-developed-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com>
> >  > Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com>
> >  > Signed-off-by: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
> >  > Reviewed-by: Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>
> >  >
> >  Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
> > 
> >  
> >  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.

Best regards,
Luka Gejak