RE: [PATCH] wireless: adf702x: new driver for ADF7020/21 parts

[Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>]

Hi Michael,

> >> This is a driver for Analog Devices series of ADF702x Narrow-Band
> >> Short-Range Radio Transceiver chipsets, including the ADF7021 and
> >> the ADF7025.  This Ethernet like driver implements a custom
> >> software PHY.
> >
> >while it might be a little bit confusing, but the wireless directory
> >normally only contains Wireless LAN (aka 802.11 and alike) drivers.
> >
> >If this implements some sort of Ethernet driver, then it might be better
> >to just put it under drivers/net/ to not intermix and confuse it with
> >actually 802.11 drivers.
> 
> No problem we can relocate 
> 
> >
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig   |   11 +
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/Makefile  |    2 +
> >>  drivers/net/wireless/adf702x.c |  788
> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  include/linux/spi/adf702x.h    |   33 ++
> >>  4 files changed, 834 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/adf702x.c
> >>  create mode 100644 include/linux/spi/adf702x.h
> >
> >And why is the header file under SPI includes. It could be as easily in
> >the same directory as the driver *.c file itself. No reason to spread it
> >over the whole tree if nothing else includes it.
> 
> It under include/linux/spi/ because it includes platform data which is used by board support files.

that is no argument to move it there. It is a driver specific header and
so keep it in the same location as the driver itself.

Regards

Marcel