[PATCH 0/2] ath25: add 5.4 kernel support (not for merge)

[Adrian Schmutzler]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Golle [mailto:daniel at makrotopia.org]
> Sent: Freitag, 4. September 2020 02:50
> To: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a at gmail.com>
> Cc: OpenWrt Development List <openwrt-devel at lists.openwrt.org>; Adrian
> Schmutzler <mail at adrianschmutzler.de>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] ath25: add 5.4 kernel support (not for merge)
> 
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 03:20:49AM +0300, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
> > This series introduces support for 5.4 kernel. I know that this target
> > was dropped earlier this week. And I think that this was a good
> > decision. So, this series is not for merging, but for reference if
> > someone still uses one of these boards and want to create a custom
> > build with a modern kernel version.
> 
> I'd say as you have apprently really managed to get it booting it is worth
> reverting the removal and including it.
> Sure, a bit late, but there is hardware out there which would benefit from
> recent OpenWrt (old ubnt gear, fonera, ... some of them 8/32).
> But in terms of resources, ath25 is more advanced than good-old bcm47xx
> and also played an important role in OpenWrt history.

I'm not opposed to adding it back in general, but from a quick look it appears to me that devices are either at least 4/32 or broken?

So, effectively we would add it just for custom builds and packages.

Best

Adrian

> 
> Maybe I'm just nostalgic...
> 
> >
> > Sergey Ryazanov (2):
> >   ath25: add kernel 5.4 support
> >   ath25: eth: fix crash on skb DMA (un-)map
> >
> >  target/linux/ath25/Makefile                   |  1 +
> >  .../linux/ath25/{config-4.14 => config-5.4}   | 73 +++++++++++--------
> >  .../107-ar5312_gpio.patch                     | 20 ++---
> >  .../108-ar2315_gpio.patch                     | 18 ++---
> >  .../110-ar2313_ethernet.patch                 | 40 +++++-----
> >  .../120-spiflash.patch                        |  9 +--
> >  .../130-watchdog.patch                        |  4 +-
> >  .../140-redboot_boardconfig.patch             | 14 ++--
> >  .../141-redboot_partition_scan.patch}         |  8 +-
> >  .../142-redboot_various_erase_size_fix.patch  | 16 ++--
> >  .../210-reset_button.patch                    |  0
> >  .../220-enet_micrel_workaround.patch          | 10 +--
> >  .../330-board_leds.patch                      |  0
> >  13 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{config-4.14 => config-5.4} (76%)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 => patches-5.4}/107-ar5312_gpio.patch
> > (92%)  copy target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 =>
> > patches-5.4}/108-ar2315_gpio.patch (95%)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 =>
> > patches-5.4}/110-ar2313_ethernet.patch (98%)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 => patches-5.4}/120-spiflash.patch
> > (98%)  copy target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 =>
> > patches-5.4}/130-watchdog.patch (98%)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 =>
> > patches-5.4}/140-redboot_boardconfig.patch (81%)  copy
> > target/linux/{ath79/patches-5.4/408-mtd-redboot_partition_scan.patch
> > => ath25/patches-5.4/141-redboot_partition_scan.patch} (79%)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 =>
> > patches-5.4}/142-redboot_various_erase_size_fix.patch (81%)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 =>
> > patches-5.4}/210-reset_button.patch (100%)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 =>
> > patches-5.4}/220-enet_micrel_workaround.patch (88%)  copy
> > target/linux/ath25/{patches-4.14 => patches-5.4}/330-board_leds.patch
> > (100%)
> >
> > --
> > 2.26.2
> >
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