linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] wilink: add device tree support

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Message-ID: <20130921141614.GA21383@earth.universe>
Date:	Sat, 21 Sep 2013 16:16:16 +0200
From:	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...g0.de>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Luciano Coelho <coelho@...com>,
	Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@...il.com>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, nsekhar@...com,
	mturquette@...aro.org, mark.rutland@....com,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>, grant.likely@...aro.org,
	rob.herring@...xeda.com, devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] wilink: add device tree support

On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 02:27:18PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > > This is a follow-up on a previous patch set that had a smaller
> > > > audience.  This time, I added the lists and people who were involved
> > > > in the review of the bindings documentation, since most of my changes
> > > > in v2 are coming from discussions there.
> > > >
> > > > This patch series adds device tree support to the wlcore_sdio driver,
> > > > which is used by WiLink6, WiLink7 and WiLink8.
> > > 
> > > Could you perhaps consider doing device tree conversion for wl1251
> > > too? With the knowledge you have from working on this series, it would
> > > be much easier for you to do it than for someone else, and I don't
> > > have much hope someone will do it at all. It's WiLink series chip
> > > after all. Without this pandora and N900 are going to lose wifi
> > > support after the switch to dt-only kernel.
> > 
> > Unfortunately I don't have much time to work on wl1251.  I think it
> > wouldn't be too difficult to do though, so patches are welcome. ;)
> > 
> > Maybe you could try to make this change and I could support you if
> > needed?
> > 
> > 
> > > I can offer you my help testing things on pandora and I'm sure someone
> > > here could try it on N900.
> > 
> > I could try it on the N900, if it is still bootable easily with the
> > mainline. ;)
> 
> 3.11 should be bootable on mainline, including device tree and
> video. (But excluding some other stuff, like MMC.)

I got external MMC (=> µSD) working with some small modifications of
the omap3-n900.dts file. I have not yet tried internal MMC, since
its not important for me at the moment, but I guess its also just a
small change in the dts file.

-- Sebastian

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