linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/31] wifi: mwifiex: cleanup driver

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Message-ID: <ZsXLYgLfZ8nIns5z@pengutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:11:30 +0200
From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>
To: Francesco Dolcini <francesco@...cini.it>
Cc: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31] wifi: mwifiex: cleanup driver

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 03:34:12PM +0200, Francesco Dolcini wrote:
> Hello Sasha,
> thanks for the patches.
> 
> Il 20 agosto 2024 13:55:25 CEST, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de> ha scritto:
> >This series has a bunch of cleanup and bugfix patches for the mwifiex
> >driver
> 
> Would it make sense to sort the patch series in such a way that bug
> fixes can be backported to stable/long-term versions?

I anticipated this question, but I was too lazy this time. Given that
Kalle asked to split up this series I'll reorder this series and send
the bug fixes first.

> Are those bug
> you could reproduce or just something you noticed while looking into
> the driver?

There are bugs I noticed because the driver didn't work as expected
which made me dive into this code. There are others that I only noticed
by looking at the code.

Sascha

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