linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add support for Sphairon Homelink 1202 USB WLAN

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Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:55:23 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	Stefan Seyfried <stefan.seyfried@...glemail.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Add support for Sphairon Homelink 1202 USB WLAN

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 09:42 -0500, John W. Linville wrote:

> It strikes me as strange that you are hitting two drivers to support
> one device.  Are you saying that your ar9170usb has the goofy storage
> device thing using the same USB IDs that the zd1211rw devices like that
> used?  I suppose that makes some sense given the shared heritage...

Good catch -- even if ar9170 descended from zd1211 it doesn't seem
appropriate to require two drivers for a single device.

johannes

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