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From: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>
To: Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev>
Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Michael Straube" <straube.linux@gmail.com>,
	Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com>,
	Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH rtw-next v7 4/6] wifi: rtw88: 8723b: add the RTL8723B chip driver
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 05:29:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f23d5ed909c746ad851bd1038966d271@realtek.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a1d007fffc35466a2d63a3fe6839286f3488d7be@linux.dev>

Luka Gejak <luka.gejak@linux.dev> wrote:
> > >
> > > However, including rtw8703b.h from another chip driver is
> > >  already established, rtw8723cs.c includes it to reuse rtw8703b_hw_spec.
> > >
> > As I know, 8723CS and 8723B are mutual alias, no?
> 
> As far as I know, they are not. They are different chips.

fix typo.

8723CS and 8703B are mutual alias, no?

> 
> > >
> > > +/*
> > >  + * Row 20 (-6.0 dB) intentionally does not match the v5.2.17 vendor driver,
> > >
> > >  I really don't want to mention vendor driver here. If you really need it,
> > >  mention it in commit message or cover-letter.
> > >
> > >  + * which has 0x1c, 0x1a, 0x18, 0x12, 0x0e, 0x08 there. Every other row agrees.
> > >  + * The values below are what rtl8723be, the mainline driver for this same
> > >  + * chip, uses at the same index, and they are also what the vendor's own
> > >  + * cck_swing_table_ch1_ch13_92e and the staging rtl8723bs driver use. They
> > >  + * also track the 0.5 dB step of the surrounding rows: against row 32 as 0 dB,
> > >  + * 0x1b is within 0.06 of the ideal -6.0 dB value while 0x1c is 0.94 away,
> > >  + * the largest error anywhere in the table. Treat the vendor row as the
> > >  + * anomaly and do not "fix" this towards it.
> > >
> > >  And you have comments each row. Is it still need this block comment to explain?
> > >
> > >
> > >  I agree, will drop vendor reference and block comment.
> > >
> > I'm not sure if LLM writes this? LLM always write verbose comments for
> > each line it added. Just ask LLM to write self-explained code.
> 
> No, I wrote it because only 1 row differs from vendor driver and I
> thought I should mention it.

No worries. Just remove them.

> > >
> > > So I would
> > >  prefer to leave both tables as they are. If you want the unused fields listed as dummies
> > >  to pin the order, I can add them, but the sequence itself would not change.
> > >
> > I will think a bit how to align these messed tables.
> 
> I understand. I am gonna send v8 today, and do you think that v8 could
> be merged, so driver lands in 7.4 release?

I think only minor changes are needed, it is possible to get merged into 7.4
The messed tables can be ignored for now. 

Ping-Ke


  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-06  5:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-02  7:38 [PATCH rtw-next v7 0/6] wifi: rtw88: add RTL8723B/RTL8723BS support Luka Gejak
2026-10-02  7:38 ` [PATCH rtw-next v7 1/6] wifi: rtw88: move the 88xxa CCK power detect setter to phy.c Luka Gejak
2026-10-05  3:52   ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-10-02  7:38 ` [PATCH rtw-next v7 2/6] wifi: rtw88: 8723b: add the RTL8723B register definitions Luka Gejak
2026-10-05  3:54   ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-10-02  7:38 ` [PATCH rtw-next v7 3/6] wifi: rtw88: 8723b: add the RTL8723B BB, RF and AGC tables Luka Gejak
2026-10-05  3:58   ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-10-02  7:38 ` [PATCH rtw-next v7 4/6] wifi: rtw88: 8723b: add the RTL8723B chip driver Luka Gejak
2026-10-05  6:08   ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-10-05 13:30     ` Luka Gejak
2026-10-06  0:39       ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-10-06  4:30         ` Luka Gejak
2026-10-06  5:29           ` Ping-Ke Shih [this message]
2026-10-06  7:07             ` Luka Gejak
2026-10-02  7:38 ` [PATCH rtw-next v7 5/6] wifi: rtw88: 8723bs: add the RTL8723BS SDIO bind Luka Gejak
2026-10-05  6:09   ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-10-02  7:38 ` [PATCH rtw-next v7 6/6] wifi: rtw88: 8723bs: enable building the RTL8723BS driver Luka Gejak
2026-10-05  6:10   ` Ping-Ke Shih
2026-10-03 21:26 ` [PATCH rtw-next v7 0/6] wifi: rtw88: add RTL8723B/RTL8723BS support Bitterblue Smith
2026-10-03 21:46   ` Luka Gejak

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