linux-kernel - Re: Staging tree status for the .32 kernel merge

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Date:	Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:16:00 +0200
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org
Subject: Re: Staging tree status for the .32 kernel merge

Hi Greg,

> > > > > And do they come with their own wireless stack too?
> > > > 
> > > > Please don't put in the vendor vt6656 driver, it will conflict with a
> > > > proper mac80211 vt6656 driver a group mentored by me will submit late in
> > > > the 2.6.32 cycle.
> > > 
> > > It's already in the linux-next tree, and is almost merged with the
> > > vt6655 driver from what I can see.  When your driver goes in I will be
> > > glad to disable the device ids that it covers, just let me know.
> > 
> > vt665_6_ has just one usb device id.  And please make sure to rename the
> > crap driver to something else than vt6656.ko so that it does not get in
> > way for the proper driver.
> 
> Ok, does vt6656_crap.ko sound good to you?  :)

can we suffix all of the staging drivers with _crap actually? At least
for the wireless ones.

Regards

Marcel


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