libertas_tf sdio support in recent kernels

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 16:13 -0500, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-09-21 at 15:32 -0500, Chris Whittenburg wrote:
> > Is there anyone who has libertas_tf sdio support working in a recent
> > kernel (like 3.5)?
> > 
> > It seems that only usb support for the thin firmware is present.
> > 
> > We're trying to get AP mode on a gumstix overo which has an sd8686.
> > 
> > Any pointers would be appreciated, or if you would like to take this
> > on as a consultant project, please let me know.
> 
> Looking for this perhaps?
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Thinfirm_1.5
> 
> Seems like nobody fed the SDIO changes back up to the kernel, though
> apparently they're all available here:
> 
> http://dev.laptop.org/git/users/javier/wireless-testing.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/libertas_tf?h=workspace
> 
> Not sure if Javier is still paying attention to this stuff or able to
> ack patches, but if anyone wanted to contributed them that would
> probably be appreciated.  Daniel Drake could probably ack/nack them.
> 
> I'm sure if there's anything you need done or fixed, and want to hire a
> consultant, that Javier from CozyBit would be probably be happy to help.

Changes between this branch and upstream libertas_tf look mostly
harmless anyway, so I don't see why they couldn't be upstreamed with a
bit of effort on somebody's part.

Dan