Hi, > 2026年1月7日 22:08，Helmut Grohne <[email protected]> 写道： > > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2026 at 12:05:40AM +0800, Miao Wang wrote: >> This package provides the DKMS source for the YT6801 network driver. > > There is an active upstreaming effort at v3: > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ (v2) > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ (v3, > incomplete) > >> I plan to maintain this package, regularly synchronize with the >> driver source code from its official website and fix possible >> compilation issues with different versions of linux kernel. > > The vendor driver duplicates quite a bit of code as you see the mainline > submission is way smaller. v2 has a Reviewed-by Andrew Lunn. > > I have good hope that the driver is in the Debian kernel package before > forky gets released. Therefore, I suggest not adding a dkms module and > instead focusing effort on other things such as mainlining the driver.
I don't think introducing a dkms driver is contradictory with the mainline driver. I admit that the mainline submission is cleaner and smaller. However, the current mainline submission lacks some functions, such as LED indicator control and so on. I believe the vendor driver can also be a choice for users. Moreover, the dkms driver can also provide hardware compatibility for older kernels. Cheers, Miao Wang
