On 2020.03.02 09:56, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Lu, 02 mar 20, 09:49:33, Pete Batard wrote:Well, the situation for networking on Pi4 might change once the Debian maintainers add https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=950578 which is a kernel patch I submitted a few weeks ago.[...]Who should one contact when they want a Debian-specific kernel patch to be added?There are much better chances to have it included if the patch is already accepted upstream (didn't check if that is already the case).
It now is in kernel-next, but not in the same form, because kernel 4.x is missing quite a few thing for a simple backport (platform data struct is different, missing rgmii-rxid). Which is why a simplified lower-impact of the driver changes were submitted for Debian's 4.x kernels, as it should be easier to review and integrate.
The whole point was to try to have something for 10.3 while the effort to get it into mainline 5.x was happening...
Even so, users can also install the kernel from backports instead...
My question still stands. How can I get at least a ping from the Debian maintainers on this patch?
The patch has been opened for a month now, and there simply hasn't been any feedback on it. I don't have a problem with "We can't do that right now" or "We'd rather wait for mainline to do a backport", but my issue is that there has been no acknowledgement of the patch submission at all...
Regards, /Pete