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Subject: Re: Guidelines regarding separate directory
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 10:10 -0700, Larry Finger wrote:
> I am planning on adding code to control the LEDs on the RTL8187 devices b=
ased on
> the latest vendor driver. From the expected size of the code, I think tha=
t
> separate files will be best.
>=20
> What number of files in a driver make it advisable to create a separate
> directory? Between the rtl8180 and rtl8187 drivers, there are now 15 file=
s and I
> will be adding at least 2 more. Is this the time to create a rtl818x dire=
ctory
> under drivers/net/wireless?

I for one think that should have been done already, makes finding
drivers easier imho. But I don't think there are strict guidelines in
any way.

johannes

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