[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 2/3] kernel: owl-loader for delayed Atheros ath9k fixup

[John Crispin]

On 10/09/2016 11:24, Martin Blumenstingl wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:58 PM, Christian Lamparter
> <chunkeey at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Thursday, September 8, 2016 9:34:07 AM CEST John Crispin wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> why is this code located under package/ and not as a kernel patch under
>>> target/linux/generic ?
> could you please explain why you would prefer that (is your goal to
> build it directly into the kernel instead of providing it as module
> package)?

having it in the target folder does not mean its builtin. you could add
an entry for it in package/kernel/linux/ that will package it for you


> 
>> So yes, if it needs to go in a different location, that would be fine.
>> Based on your suggestion, I think the owl-loader.c code can be moved to:
>> target/linux/generic/files/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/owl-loader.c
>>
>> and the module definition from the Makefile can be copied into:
>> package/kernel/linux/modules/wireless.mk
> starting with kernel 4.5 you will need to enable
> CONFIG_WLAN_VENDOR_ATH and CONFIG_ATH9K_HW in the kernel if you want
> it to pick up code from drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
>