linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 0/1] wfx: get out from the staging area

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Date:   Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:56:44 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/1] wfx: get out from the staging area

On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 12:41:41PM +0200, Kalle Valo wrote:
> + jakub
> 
> Jerome Pouiller <Jerome.Pouiller@...abs.com> writes:
> 
> > The firmware and the PDS files (= antenna configurations) are now a part of
> > the linux-firmware repository.
> >
> > All the issues have been fixed in staging tree. I think we are ready to get
> > out from the staging tree for the kernel 5.18.
> 
> [...]
> 
> >  rename Documentation/devicetree/bindings/{staging => }/net/wireless/silabs,wfx.yaml (98%)
> 
> I lost track, is this file acked by the DT maintainers now?
> 
> What I suggest is that we queue this for v5.19. After v5.18-rc1 is
> released I could create an immutable branch containing this one commit.
> Then I would merge the branch to wireless-next and Greg could merge it
> to the staging tree, that way we would minimise the chance of conflicts
> between trees.
> 
> Greg, what do you think? Would this work for you? IIRC we did the same
> with wilc1000 back in 2020 and I recall it went without hiccups.

That sounds great to me, let's plan on that happening after 5.18-rc1 is
out.

thanks,

greg k-h