From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
Nick Kossifidis <mickflemm@gmail.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Net: ath5k, kconfig changes
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:30:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46D8180A.5070902@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1188561531.2668.7.camel@xo-3E-67-34.localdomain>
Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 08:36 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:38:09AM +0300, Nick Kossifidis wrote:
>>> 2007/8/28, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>:
>>>> Also this whole patch seems rather pointless. It saves only
>>>> very little and turns the driver into a complete ifdef maze.
>>> Also most
>>> people will use 5212 code only, 5211 cards are on some old laptops and
>>> 5210, well i couldn't even find a 5210 for actual testing :P
>> FWIW, I'd bet dollars to donuts that distros will enable them all
>> together.
>
> I would certainly _hope_ that distros enable everything -that is in the
> kernel- that they can get their hands on, otherwise when you stick a
> card in, it doesn't just work.
Distros definitely -do not- do this. Plenty of ancient ISA drivers are
disabled at build time, for example, in many distros.
Jeff
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff-o2qLIJkoznsdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Dan Williams <dcbw-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "John W. Linville"
<linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>,
Nick Kossifidis
<mickflemm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jirislaby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] Net: ath5k, kconfig changes
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:30:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46D8180A.5070902@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1188561531.2668.7.camel-xTRJqYXIWqq1Tluu+1bJKiZi+YwRKgec@public.gmane.org>
Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 08:36 -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:38:09AM +0300, Nick Kossifidis wrote:
>>> 2007/8/28, Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>:
>>>> Also this whole patch seems rather pointless. It saves only
>>>> very little and turns the driver into a complete ifdef maze.
>>> Also most
>>> people will use 5212 code only, 5211 cards are on some old laptops and
>>> 5210, well i couldn't even find a 5210 for actual testing :P
>> FWIW, I'd bet dollars to donuts that distros will enable them all
>> together.
>
> I would certainly _hope_ that distros enable everything -that is in the
> kernel- that they can get their hands on, otherwise when you stick a
> card in, it doesn't just work.
Distros definitely -do not- do this. Plenty of ancient ISA drivers are
disabled at build time, for example, in many distros.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-31 13:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-28 15:58 [PATCH 1/5] Net: ath5k, split hw into hw, phy and initvals Jiri Slaby
2007-08-28 15:59 ` [PATCH 2/5] Net: ath5k, switch to ioread/iowrite Jiri Slaby
2007-08-28 16:00 ` [PATCH 3/5] Net: ath5k, use int as retval Jiri Slaby
2007-08-30 12:40 ` John W. Linville
2007-08-30 12:40 ` John W. Linville
2007-09-01 20:08 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-09-01 20:08 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-09-02 15:55 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-09-02 15:55 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-09-03 6:34 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-09-03 13:37 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-08-28 16:00 ` [PATCH 4/5] Net: ath5k, license is GPLv2 Jiri Slaby
2007-08-28 17:11 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-08-28 20:11 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2007-08-29 17:29 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-08-29 18:01 ` Jon Smirl
2007-08-29 18:28 ` Alan Cox
2007-08-29 19:33 ` Jon Smirl
2007-08-29 19:33 ` Jon Smirl
2007-08-29 19:37 ` Michael Buesch
2007-08-29 19:37 ` Michael Buesch
2007-08-30 8:26 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-08-30 8:26 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-08-30 8:32 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-08-30 8:32 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-08-29 19:45 ` Alan Cox
2007-08-30 13:45 ` Jarek Poplawski
2007-08-30 13:02 ` David Newall
2007-08-29 9:59 ` Johannes Berg
2007-08-29 9:59 ` Johannes Berg
2007-08-29 10:35 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-08-29 10:35 ` Jiri Slaby
2007-08-29 13:13 ` Xavier Bestel
2007-08-30 11:59 ` Johannes Berg
2007-08-30 11:59 ` Johannes Berg
2007-08-28 16:01 ` [PATCH 5/5] Net: ath5k, kconfig changes Jiri Slaby
2007-08-28 17:13 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-08-30 1:38 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-08-30 12:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-08-30 12:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-08-30 12:36 ` John W. Linville
2007-08-30 12:36 ` John W. Linville
2007-08-30 22:18 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-09-01 5:58 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-09-01 5:58 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-08-31 11:58 ` Dan Williams
2007-08-31 11:58 ` Dan Williams
2007-08-31 13:30 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-08-31 13:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-08-31 14:32 ` Dan Williams
2007-08-28 16:22 ` [PATCH 1/5] Net: ath5k, split hw into hw, phy and initvals Johannes Berg
2007-08-28 17:08 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-08-28 17:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-08-28 17:33 ` Johannes Berg
2007-08-28 17:47 ` Larry Finger
2007-08-28 21:50 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2007-08-30 1:50 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-08-30 1:50 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-08-30 12:38 ` John W. Linville
2007-08-30 12:38 ` John W. Linville
2007-09-01 3:12 ` Nick Kossifidis
2007-09-01 3:12 ` Nick Kossifidis
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