[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH CC 0/5] ar71xx: backport of support for devolo dLAN devices

[John Crispin]

On 15/07/2015 09:21, Guenther Kelleter wrote:
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>> From: openwrt-devel [mailto:openwrt-devel-bounces at lists.openwrt.org] On Behalf
>> Of John Crispin
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 8:47 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH CC 0/5] ar71xx: backport of support for
>> devolo dLAN devices
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>>
>> On 14/07/2015 20:00, Karl Palsson wrote:
>>> We're adding support for gpio irqs to all of ar71xx this late in the
>>> CC release?
>>
>> i was not planning on merging the irq patch
>>
>>> No possible side affects here?
>>
>> see above
>>
>>> Are the gpio irqs required
>>> for these platforms?
>>
>> no
> 
> It's needed to reflect status info of the PLC firmware to an LED via LED gpio trigger. PLC has no directly connected LEDs on the dLAN pro 1200+ WiFi ac.
> 

sure but we can also do this using polling and thus not having the need
to merge the irq patch. the irq patch will lead to gpio-button-hotplu
using irqs for all buttons/boards.

i just started drinking my first coffee and will look into this during
the day. need to sort out a few other things beforehand



>>
>>> What makes these two platforms special that they can be added as new
>>> platforms this late?
>>
>> nothing, he simply asked. there is no rule against backporting patches.
>> if i am not mistaken, new boards are explicitly allowed to be backported if
>> asked for.
>>
>>> We've already added support
>>> for new platforms and reverted them again.
>>> Given that openwrt is moving forward with wonderful speed, and the
>>> time between releases is shortening, can't this just wait?
>>
>> well, he asked nicely and i dont see a problem with adding 2 more boards that
>> users can enjoy. what technical reasons can you give us not to merge them. i
>> am all ears...
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