Re: at76_usb driver status

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 09:29:14AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
> 
> >> > So I was wondering what the status of this driver is, and if I
> >> > could/should add it to drivers/staging/?
> >> 
> >> The original at76_usb is working quite well, but it's unacceptable for
> >> the mainline because we cannot have two 802.11 stacks in kernel.
> >
> > I understand this, but for the issue of the drivers/staging/ tree, it's
> > ok for us to have as many 802.11 stacks in the kernel as we can cram in
> > there :)
> 
> That's good.
> 
> > See my previous posts on lkml for details on the staging tree if you
> > have questions about it.
> >
> > So for now, if no one really screams, I'll put Pavel's driver into the
> > drivers/staging/ tree so that users can use their devices.  When your
> > driver is merged, we can merely delete this driver instead.
> >
> > Sound good?
> 
> That sounds very good. User's benefit from this and that's what
> counts.
> 
> BTW, Pavel doesn't have time for at76 anymore. So if you have any
> problems with Pavel's driver in the stating tree, I can help you.

Thanks for the offer, hopefully I'll not have to take you up on it.

greg k-h