linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree (wireless & staging trees related)

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:32:55 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
Cc:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <vthiagar@....qualcomm.com>,
	Raja Mani <rmani@....qualcomm.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the final tree
 (wireless & staging trees related)

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 05:13:22PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> On 08/12/2011 04:51 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:12:16PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:50:57 +0300 Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yes, please delete ath6kl from staging for the 3.2 release as the
> >>> cleanup version is now in wireless-next.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you everyone and sorry for the mess.
> >>
> >> I think that the removal should be done in the wirelesss tree so that
> >> Linus' tree is not broken during the next merge window.
> >>
> >> I have added the removal patch as a merge fixup one the merge of the
> >> wireless tree for today.
> > 
> > Makes sense to me -- probably also is more sane if there is some fool
> > out there relying on the ath6kl driver in staging that doesn't know
> > about the switch to the wireless tree.
> 
> Ok, I'll send a patch to John which removes the staging driver.

Ok, that is fine with me as well.

greg k-h
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