Bug#1124628: ITP: yt6801-dkms -- DKMS package for YT6801 network driver

[Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>]

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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/20251225071914.1903-1-me@ziyao.cc/ (v2)
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260107035657.60265-3-me@ziyao.cc/ (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.

Helmut