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

[Miao Wang <shankerwangmiao@gmail.com>]

Hi,

> 2026年1月7日 22:08，Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> 写道：
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> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
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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.

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