From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:54086 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751016Ab1JLOhZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:37:25 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:36:00 -0600 From: Greg KH To: Arend van Spriel Cc: "devel@linuxdriverproject.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: brcm80211: remove brcm80211 driver from the staging tree Message-ID: <20111012143600.GA17938@suse.de> (sfid-20111012_163728_609952_D55F4BF5) References: <4E95A1D1.8010602@broadcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4E95A1D1.8010602@broadcom.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 04:18:57PM +0200, Arend van Spriel wrote: > Hi Greg, > > John recommended to do the delete through your staging tree. Thanks for > the ride. It has been a learning experience for all of us here. Apart > from the significant cleanup (which needs ongoing work for sure) it took > some time to find the right way of working in coordinating our changes > with community patches. > > The removal patch was just as big as the mainline patch so it has been > uploaded to linuxwireless.org: > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=0001-staging-brcm80211-remove-brcm80211-driver-from-the-s.patch So I'm taking it that the driver is now in the wireless-next tree? That's great, I'll queue the patch up later today. And thanks so much for working with us, I know it can be hard at times, but I hope you will agree that the end result is much better than what we started out with. greg k-h