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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: Tillmann Heidsieck <theidsieck@leenox.de>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
	devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, florian.c.schilhabel@googlemail.com,
	Punit Vara <punitvara@gmail.com>,
	stillcompiling@gmail.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
	dogukan.ergun@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c Move constant to right side of the comparision
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:34:33 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150930093433.GD7340@mwanda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150929202458.GA4213@themis.lan>

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:24:59PM +0200, Tillmann Heidsieck wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 09:56:19AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> > The primary requirement for moving a driver out of staging is that it use
> > mac80211. No amount of cosmetic fixing will ever make that change for
> > rtl8712u!
> 
> As I am pretty sure someone has done something like this before, is
> there a best practice write-up on this? Or a driver that is recommended
> for usage as a template?

That's a good question.  The rtl* drivers are basically a dozen copies
of the same code.  I think we have had a few escape from staging?

regards,
dan carpenter


  reply	other threads:[~2015-09-30  9:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-26 16:49 [PATCH] Staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c Move constant to right side of the comparision Punit Vara
2015-09-26 17:45 ` Larry Finger
2015-09-26 17:54   ` punit vara
2015-09-26 18:11     ` Joshua Clayton
2015-09-28  8:35     ` Dan Carpenter
2015-09-28 11:18   ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-28 13:46     ` punit vara
2015-09-28 14:56     ` Larry Finger
2015-09-28 15:19       ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-29 20:24       ` Tillmann Heidsieck
2015-09-30  9:34         ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2015-10-09 14:54           ` Dan Carpenter

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