From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@adurom.com>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/27] mac80211: create mac80211_ prefix
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:34:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1f42877e8c429b956640a6e9d97127fc@secure.sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110613223029.10517.52197.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> (sfid-20110614_003439_038660_03C7EB76)
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:34:28 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> It has always annoyed me that mac80211 uses ieee80211_ prefix. For
> some time
> already I have been planning to try to do something about it and
> finally I
> started it. Here's my first shot at it.
>
> In this patchset I first fix some issues I found from the drivers,
> then
> create mac80211-compat.h to make the transition as smooth as possible
> and
> then start changing mac80211 itself.
FWIW, I don't mind the rename, but I don't like the compat.h thing. The
transition won't be smoothed by this, it just means the transition will
drag out as things conflict etc. If we want to rename, we'll need to
bite the bullet eventually anyway.
johannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-16 15:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-13 22:34 [PATCH v2 00/27] mac80211: create mac80211_ prefix Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:34 ` [PATCH v2 01/27] iwlegacy: fix stop/wake queue hacks Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:34 ` [PATCH v2 02/27] iwlwifi: " Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:34 ` [PATCH v2 03/27] zd1211rw: include mac80211.h from zd_chip.h Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 04/27] rtlwifi: include mac80211.h from core.h Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 05/27] mac80211: switch mac80211.h to use mac80211 prefix Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 06/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_i.h to mac80211_i.h Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 07/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_local to mac80211_local Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 08/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_fragment_entry to mac80211_fragment_entry Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:35 ` [PATCH v2 09/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_bss to mac80211_bss Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:36 ` [PATCH v2 10/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_tx_data to mac80211_tx_data Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:36 ` [PATCH v2 11/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_packet_rx_flags to mac80211_packet_rx_flags Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:36 ` [PATCH v2 12/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_rx_flags to mac80211_i_rx_flags Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:36 ` [PATCH v2 13/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_rx_data to mac80211_rx_data Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:36 ` [PATCH v2 14/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_if_ap to mac80211_if_ap Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:36 ` [PATCH v2 15/27] mac80211: change ieee80211_if_wds and _vlan to use mac80211 prefix Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 16/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_work_type to mac80211_work_type Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 17/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_work to mac80211_work Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 18/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_sta_flags to mac80211_sta_flags Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 19/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_if_managed to mac80211_if_managed Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 20/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_if_ibss to mac80211_if_ibss Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 21/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_if_mesh to mac80211_if_mesh Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:37 ` [PATCH v2 22/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_sub_if_data_flags to mac80211_sub_if_data_flags Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 23/27] mac80211: rename ieee80211_sdata_state_bits to mac80211_sdata_state_bits Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 24/27] mac80211: ieee80211_sub_if_data to mac80211_sub_if_data Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 25/27] mac80211: use mac80211 prefix with rx and tx msg flags Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 26/27] mac80211: change queue stop reasons to use mac80211 prefix Kalle Valo
2011-06-13 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 27/27] mac80211: use mac80211_hw Kalle Valo
2011-06-16 15:34 ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2011-06-17 11:11 ` [PATCH v2 00/27] mac80211: create mac80211_ prefix Kalle Valo
2011-06-20 19:24 ` John W. Linville
2011-06-20 19:55 ` Kalle Valo
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