From: Wojciech Dubowik <dubowoj@neratec.com>
To: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/9] ath5k: AHB port. Add AHB bus support.
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:16:06 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1785288.181289826959653.JavaMail.wlan@CHBU500181> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16168765.161289826231239.JavaMail.wlan@CHBU500181>
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 08:55:36PM +0100, Felix Fietkau wrote:
> > On 2010-11-12 8:51 PM, Wojciech Dubowik wrote:
> > >> Having both in the kernel is completely pointless. There are no
> > >> devices
> > >> that can support both, nor will there ever be.
> > >
> > > I agree. The only advantage would be that some of the typos and
> missing
> > > functions in either of the files would be detected during compile
> time.
>
> Compile-testing coverage is a fine reason to allow people to compile
> both modules. Ok, I accept that it's a bit of a pain to create
> separate
> modules, but can we at least do it like:
>
> ath5k-$(CONFIG_ATH5K_PCI) += pci.o
> ath5k-$(CONFIG_ATH5K_AHB) += ahb.o
>
> and add the appropriate selects and mutual exclusion to the Kconfig?
> Of course, that presupposes a Kconfig entry for CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR2316
> where there is not one currently.
>
> --
> Bob Copeland %% www.bobcopeland.com
What about such changes compared to original patch? It's then possible to
compile both modules at the same time. Of course linking won't work because
I would need to separate functions like in ath9k.
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Kconfig
index eb83b7b..eba97f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Kconfig
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
config ATH5K
tristate "Atheros 5xxx wireless cards support"
- depends on PCI && MAC80211
+ depends on (PCI || ATHEROS_AR231X) && MAC80211
select MAC80211_LEDS
select LEDS_CLASS
select NEW_LEDS
+ select ATH5K_AHB if ATHEROS_AR231X
+ select ATH5K_PCI if PCI
---help---
This module adds support for wireless adapters based on
Atheros 5xxx chipset.
@@ -37,3 +39,14 @@ config ATH5K_DEBUG
modprobe ath5k debug=0x00000400
+config ATH5K_AHB
+ bool "Atheros 5xxx AHB bus support"
+ depends on ATHEROS_AR231X
+ ---help---
+ This adds support for WiSoC type chipsets of the 5xxx family
+
+config ATH5K_PCI
+ bool "Atheros 5xxx PCI bus support"
+ depends on PCI
+ ---help---
+ This adds support for PCI type chipsets of the 5xxx family
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Makefile
index 50d5e08..a16b178 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/Makefile
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ ath5k-y += rfkill.o
ath5k-y += ani.o
ath5k-y += sysfs.o
ath5k-$(CONFIG_ATH5K_DEBUG) += debug.o
-ath5k-y += $(if $(CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR231X),ahb,pci).o
+ath5k-$(CONFIG_ATH5K_PCI) += pci.o
+ath5k-$(CONFIG_ATH5K_AHB) += ahb.o
obj-$(CONFIG_ATH5K) += ath5k.o
next parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-15 13:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <16168765.161289826231239.JavaMail.wlan@CHBU500181>
2010-11-15 13:16 ` Wojciech Dubowik [this message]
2010-11-15 15:07 ` [PATCH 8/9] ath5k: AHB port. Add AHB bus support Bob Copeland
[not found] <25235417.301289836112686.JavaMail.wlan@CHBU500181>
2010-11-15 15:49 ` Wojciech Dubowik
2010-11-15 16:37 ` Florian Fainelli
[not found] <22942120.791289486697022.JavaMail.wlan@CHBU500181>
2010-11-11 14:58 ` Wojciech Dubowik
2010-11-12 19:26 ` Bob Copeland
2010-11-12 19:36 ` Felix Fietkau
2010-11-12 19:51 ` Wojciech Dubowik
2010-11-12 19:55 ` Felix Fietkau
2010-11-13 13:27 ` Bob Copeland
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