linux-kernel - Re: w35und wifi driver for linux-staging

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Message-ID: <20081020172750.GA9587@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:27:50 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, kaszak@...il.com,
	lcostantino@...il.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: w35und wifi driver for linux-staging

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:57:54PM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 14:19 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 14:36:56 +0200
> > Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > This is driver for w35und usb wifi -- also in kohjinsha
> > > subnotebook. It should work well enough to associate and ping, but it
> > > obviously needs to be rewritten two more times...
> > > 
> > > OTOH worst horrors (like embedded wifi stack) should have been fixed
> > > already...
> > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/Kconfig
> > > b/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/Kconfig new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..94499d3
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/winbond/Kconfig
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> > > +config W35UND
> > > +	tristate "Winbond driver"
> > > +	depends on MAC80211 && WLAN_80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
> > > && !4KSTACKS
> > 
> > why this !4KSTACKS? At minimum that should be in the "to fix" list ;)
> 
> Yeah seriously, the driver isn't going anywhere unless it works with 4k
> stacks...

Well, it's going into the staging tree, where it can now be fixed up :)

And yes, I'll go add that to the TODO list for this driver, thanks.

greg k-h
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