Hello!

I'm currently playing with this system-on-a-chip manufactured by Allwinner called the "V3s". I know there's been lots of progress to get mainline Linux running on the chip, but I'd like to know how exactly can I keep up with the kernel development progress related to this specific piece of hardware. For instance, I'd like to know if someone has written a new device driver to support certain features of the chip, etc.

Is there a website / tool somewhere that allows me to "search" for commits / patches in the Linux kernel that's related to a specific piece of hardware? I tried to look at the kernel change logs but it's cluttered with loads of unrelated changes.

Thanks!

Maybe. Kernel development happens in a bunch of unrelated mailing lists, then batches of changes get pushed to the trunk and noted on https://lkml.org/. If you have a commit of interest you can find the announcement there and trace it back to where it came from. Then search for the mailing list that tracks that topic.

Have you tried https://patchwork.kernel.org? More specifically, https://patchwork.kernel.org/project...A&archive=both

There's a command line client for Patchwork as well.

Highlighted part: Have you tried simply grep'ing for "allwinner"?
It might not yield the best results, but it's a good start that can be built upon.

Yes, I've tried this. The problem is that it only gives me changes made in the current release version. I'm looking for a comprehensive overview of progress related to a specific piece of hardware over a period of time.

Ah, this seems to be what I'm looking for!

Also, I found https://linux-commits-search.typesense.org/ while looking for methods to search for specific commits. Anybody here ever used it before? I gave it a try and it seems pretty fast, although I'm not sure if the results are complete or truncated.

You can also just search the kernel's github repo for "allwinner". It's a solid keyword, should return useful results.