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Date:	Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:52:48 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, kaszak@...il.com,
	lcostantino@...il.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: w35und wifi driver for linux-staging

On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 02:36:56PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> +source "drivers/net/wireless/winbond/Kconfig"

winbond is a little too generic, please use the same name as the driver
name for the directory.

> @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> +config W35UND
> +	tristate "Winbond driver"
> +	depends on MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL && !4KSTACKS
> +	---help---
> +	  This is highly experimental driver for winbond wifi card on some Kohjinsha notebooks
> +	  Check http://code.google.com/p/winbondport/ for new version

Again, please give the option a useful name, and a useful description
including mentioning the actual chip name in there.

Also the !4KSTACKS dependency looks rather odd.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..4682dd1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
> +	BASE_DIR=./winbondport
> +	DRIVER_DIR=./winbondport/linux
> +
> +obj-m := w35und.o
> +
> +w35und-objs := $(DRIVER_DIR)/wbusb.o $(DRIVER_DIR)/wb35reg.o $(DRIVER_DIR)/wb35rx.o $(DRIVER_DIR)/wb35tx.o \
> +	$(BASE_DIR)/mds.o \
> +	$(BASE_DIR)/mlmetxrx.o \
> +	$(BASE_DIR)/mto.o $(BASE_DIR)/phy_calibration.o $(BASE_DIR)/reg.o \
> +	$(BASE_DIR)/rxisr.o \
> +	$(BASE_DIR)/sme_api.o $(BASE_DIR)/wbhal.o $(BASE_DIR)/wblinux.o  \
> +
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_W35UND) += w35und.o

This is not a proper Makefile, and having these files in subdirectories
is not really a good idea either.  So move all files into one directory
and write a proper Makefile for it:

w35und-y	+= wbusb.o wb35reg.o wb35rx.o wb35tx.o mds.o mlmetxrx.o \
		   mto.o phy_calibration.o reg.o rxisr.o sme_api.o wbhal.o \
		   wblinux.o

obj-$(CONFIG_W35UND)	+= w35und.o

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/winbondport/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/winbondport/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..b03564c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/winbondport/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
> +#
> +# Makefile for the Winbond wireless networking driver
> +#
> +	
> +include $(TOPDIR)/Rules.make

This looks like some 2.4 leftover.

> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/winbondport/SVN_CHANGELOG b/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/winbondport/SVN_CHANGELOG
> new file mode 100644

should not be in the git tree.

> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/winbondport/VersionNote.txt

neither.


No comments on the code now, I don't think I want to look at it..

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