netdev - Re: [RFC/RFT 00/27] Updates for the rtlwifi family of drivers

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Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:26:53 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	linville@...driver.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jcheung@...e.com, machen@...e.com,
	mmarek@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT 00/27] Updates for the rtlwifi family of drivers

On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 21:04 -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 02/25/2013 08:22 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 18:13 -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
> >> This set of patches upgrades drivers rtlwifi, rtl8192c, rtl8192ce, rtl8192se,
> >> and rtl8723ae to the state of the vendor driver issued on 2013.02.07. In
> >> addition, a new driver for the RTL8188EE chip is added to the kernel.
> >>
> >> Note: These patches do not upgrade rtl8192de. Those changes will be sent
> >> later.
> >
> > rtl8188e isn't very kernel stylish.
> > Looking at it briefly, in fact it's kind of ugly.
> >
> > Could/should it go into staging?
> 
> It is uglier than I had hoped. I was not quite ready to push it yet, but I got 
> some pressure from outside, non-Realtek, sources that a kernel version was 
> needed. They will, in fact, start their integration from the RFC/RFT version.
> 
> The main problem with having it in staging is that we will either have to 
> include headers from drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/, or duplicate them in the 
> drivers/staging/rtl8188ee/ directory where keeping them compatible will be a 
> hassle. Neither solution sounds optimum to me.

Perhaps adding a CFLAGS -I include path to a staging Makefile
would work instead.



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