Introduction to the Kernel Team 

2023-08-26 Thread John Scott
Hello Kernel Team, I don't believe I've introduced myself yet, although I've interacted with many of you on select occasions. It would also be good for me to elaborate on what my priorities are so you know where I fit in the team. [My name's John](https://wiki.debian.org/JohnScott), I'm a new

Squashing the last carl9170fw issues: ready for sponsorship

2023-08-20 Thread John Scott
On Wed, 2023-08-16 at 12:28 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sun, 2023-08-13 at 11:51 +0000, John Scott wrote: > > > Because carl9170 is largely under the GPL and we're obligated to distribute complete sources for our binaries, I've set Static-Built- Using on both gcc (because of libgcc

Review of the initial packaging of the carl9170 firmware

2023-08-13 Thread John Scott
Control: tags -1 -moreinfo Dear all, I have uploaded a new version of carl9170fw to mentors.debian.net that represents my very best work. Please review it carefully. Building it requires the just-uploaded libnewlib-sh-elf-dev version 3.3.0+8. I tend to ramble and I've already written at great

RFS: carl9170fw/1.9.9-450-gad1c721-1 [ITP] -- firmware for AR9170 USB wireless adapters

2023-07-09 Thread John Scott
Control: retitle -1 RFS: carl9170fw [ITP] -- firmware for AR9170 USB wireless adapters Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "carl9170fw":  * Package name : carl9170fw    Version  : 1.9.9-450-gad1c721-1    Upstream contact : linux-wirel...@vger.kernel.org  * URL   

Bug#1033911: please enable the experimental Xtensa backend in LLVM and Clang 16+

2023-04-03 Thread John Scott
Source: llvm-toolchain-16 Version: 1:16.0.0-1~exp5 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Control: affects -1 src:open-ath9k-htc-firmware Please enable the experimental Xtensa backend in LLVM 16 and newer and make a new upload to experimental. A lot of prominent firmware,

Bug#1026335: RFS: carl9170fw/1.9.9-427-gecb68a7-1 [ITP] -- firmware for AR9170 USB wireless adapters

2022-12-18 Thread John Scott
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist Control: block 994625 by -1 X-Debbugs-CC: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org b...@debian.org Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "carl9170fw":  * Package name : carl9170fw    Version  : 1.9.9-427-gecb68a7-1    Upstream

Bug#1011670: RFS: open-ath9k-htc-firmware/1.4.0-108-gd856466+dfsg1 -- firmware for AR7010 and AR9271 USB wireless adapters

2022-05-26 Thread John Scott
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: normal X-Debbugs-CC: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package "open-ath9k-htc-firmware":  * Package name    : open-ath9k-htc-firmware    Version : 1.4.0-106-gc583009+dfsg1-2    Upstream Author :

Re: Bug#1002617: RFS: carl9170fw/1.9.9-399-gcd480b9-1 [ITP] -- firmware for AR9170 USB wireless adapters

2022-01-13 Thread John Scott
Control: tags -1 moreinfo Hi Paul, Thanks for your very detailed review of carl9170fw. I'm still making my changes to the package and will give you a poke and remove the moreinfo tag once I have an upload ready for re-review. > I don't think udebs are needed for firmware packages, none of the

Bug#1002617: RFS: carl9170fw/1.9.9-399-gcd480b9-1 [ITP] -- firmware for AR9170 USB wireless adapters

2021-12-25 Thread John Scott
Package: sponsorship-requests Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Dear mentors and Kernel Team, I'm looking for a sponsor for my package "carl9170fw":  * Package name    : carl9170fw    Version : 1.9.9-399-gcd480b9-1    Upstream Author :

Re: Git repository request for carl9170fw

2021-10-09 Thread John Scott
On Fri, 2021-10-08 at 14:35 +0200, maximilian attems wrote: >> By the way, can you also add a Recommends on >> firmware-ath9k-htc in that upload (you can close #900171)? > I haven't followed carl9170fw at all. I thought you would want a > Recommends on firmware-carl9170fw or something? We're

Re: Git repository request for carl9170fw

2021-10-08 Thread John Scott
On Fri, 2021-10-08 at 08:32 +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > done, you should have gotten mail confirmation, please confirm. That was quick, thank you! > I plan to upload current 20210919-1 very soon (probably sunday night) > and can drop carl9170.fw for that upcoming release, clearing the door

Git repository request for carl9170fw

2021-10-07 Thread John Scott
Hi all, As previously announced, I'm planning to package the carl9170 firmware such that we build it from source using gcc-sh-elf. The package is starting to take shape, and I would appreciate if you could make an empty repository at https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/carl9170fw and grant me

Bug#994625: ITP: carl9170fw -- libre firmware for AR9170 USB wireless adapters

2021-09-18 Thread John Scott
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: John Scott X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org Control: block -1 by 986778 Control: block 890601 by -1 Control: affects -1 linux-firmware-free * Package name    : carl9170fw   Version : 1.9.9-399-gcd480b9

Intent to package carl9170fw separately from firmware-linux-free

2021-09-05 Thread John Scott
Hello, Before I file a formal ITP, I'd like to inform you of my plans with respect to carl9170, and how we will need to work together. carl9170 is already packaged in firmware-linux-free, so why do I plan on making it its own source package? Right now, carl9170 is not built from source, and we

Packaging of carl9170 firmware

2021-04-19 Thread John Scott
Dear Debian Kernel Team and friends, I currently maintain the open-ath9k-htc-firmware package, which is the flagship firmware for libre USB 802.11n wireless adapters. Unlike the firmware in firmware-linux-free, this gets built from source using a cross compiler, rather than shipped as a pre-built

Bug#980746: remove ath9k_htc, provided by libre package firmware-ath9k-htc

2021-01-23 Thread John Scott
16:38:33.213649952 -0500 +++ firmware-nonfree/debian/changelog 2021-01-23 16:37:43.522844686 -0500 @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ firmware-nonfree (20201218-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + [ John Scott ] + * Remove the ath9k_htc firmware which is superceded by the free +firmware-ath9k-htc p

Bug#980746: remove ath9k_htc, provided by libre package firmware-ath9k-htc

2021-01-21 Thread John Scott
On Thursday, January 21, 2021 7:31:57 AM EST Bastian Blank wrote: >> As discussed on the mailing list(s), I'm looking into making a udeb for >> firmware-ath9k-htc with kernel-wedge. > You missunderstood something. All the firmware stuff is _only_ shipped > as deb, not as udeb. This mail from Ben

Bug#980746: remove ath9k_htc, provided by libre package firmware-ath9k-htc

2021-01-21 Thread John Scott
Package: firmware-nonfree Version: 20160110-1 Severity: normal Control: affects -1 src:open-ath9k-htc-firmware As discussed on the mailing list(s), I'm looking into making a udeb for firmware-ath9k-htc with kernel-wedge. Although I've not delved too much into it yet, I anticipate that being able

Bug#900171: Downstreams affected by absence of firmware-ath9k-htc

2021-01-14 Thread John Scott
That firmware-ath9k-htc isn't installed by default seems to be confusing downstream users, particularly on derivatives that are designed to be free software only and FSF-endorsed. Trisquel explicitly makes an effort to include it [1], but PureOS does not (yet) [2], and their docs seem to

Pulling free firmware-ath9k-htc into the installer

2020-12-13 Thread John Scott
Hi, I'm not subscribed, please CC me. I'm adopting the firmware-ath9k-htc package, which has been FTBFS for a while but I've already found a sponsor and expect my fixes will be uploaded shortly [1]. These are some of the flagship chipsets for free wireless adapters, and although it's good

Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend free firmware-ath9k-htc

2020-02-02 Thread John Scott
The live images include firmware-ath9k-htc now, see #934522. By the way, being unaware of this bug at the time I filed #900171, that firmware-free should recommend firmware-ath9k-htc. This reflects the logical relationship better, but it's a trivial difference and I wonder which would be

Bug#900171: debian-installer: include free firmware-ath9k-htc

2019-12-04 Thread John Scott
Ping :). AR9271 dominates modern free-software-friendly wireless dongles and I would love to see their support in Bullseye. Please let me know if I can help. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Bug#900171: firmware-free: Recommend or Suggest firmware-ath9k-htc

2018-05-26 Thread John Scott
Source: firmware-free Version: 3.4 Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 firmware-ath9k-htc provides free firmware for ar9271 and ar7010 Wi-Fi chipsets and is necessary for the hardware to work with free software. Unlike firmware-free (#890601), the

Bug#892146: linux-latest: linux-image-* should suggest linux-doc

2018-03-05 Thread John Scott
Source: linux-latest Version: 4.14+89 Severity: wishlist -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 To best explain why I think this is warranted, I propose my system as an example. I have linux-image-amd64 installed, and right now in Buster, that depends on linux-image-4.14.0-3-amd64. That