From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:60446 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751665AbYL2AgS (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:36:18 -0500 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:33:21 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Pavel Roskin Cc: Kalle Valo , Claudio , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: status of at76-usb driver Message-ID: <20081229003321.GA7426@suse.de> (sfid-20081229_013622_273821_823BC0AD) References: <1230411118.4956956ecb911@webmail.aon.at> <87fxk8o2g0.fsf@litku.valot.fi> <1230499683.25726.4.camel@dv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1230499683.25726.4.camel@dv> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 04:28:03PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 15:26 +0200, Kalle Valo wrote: > > > Also I'm going to rename the mac80211 port to something else for just > > to avoid the confusion with the original driver. Last thing I want to > > see is having two in-tree drivers with identical names. > > I asked to rename the driver that was imported into the staging tree, > but my request was ignored. You did? I don't see that in my email archives, sorry, did you cc: me? > I guess nobody really cares about the name conflict. What name conflict? Is there in in-kernel with this same name for a module? If so, let me know and I'll be glad to rename the staging one. > I'll appreciate if we avoid further renames. renames are trivial :) > Once the mac80211 port is working properly, it should be included in > to the next kernel release, and the driver from the staging tree > should be removed in the same kernel release. When a "real" driver is included, I will be glad to delete the staging driver. Just let me know. thanks, greg k-h