linux-kernel - wireless-next-2.6 rebased -- Re: [PATCH v2] net: rfkill: add generic gpio rfkill driver

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2011 14:13:49 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Rhyland Klein <rklein@...dia.com>
Cc:	"olof@...om.net" <olof@...om.net>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: wireless-next-2.6 rebased -- Re: [PATCH v2] net: rfkill: add generic
 gpio rfkill driver

FYI, I'm rebasing wireless-next to avoid pushing this bad commit to
net-next-2.6.  If you pulled wireless-next-2.6.git over the weekend,
you may experience some rebase-related problems.

John

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 04:11:31PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 03:20:20PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:
> > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 12:02:54PM -0700, Rhyland Klein wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 00:15 -0700, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 14:23 -0700, Rhyland Klein wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 12:02 -0700, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 11:52 -0700, Rhyland Klein wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > If, on the other hand, rfkill decides that at the time of loading the
> > > > > > > > driver wifi should be on, then the first change would be +1 and it'll
> > > > > > > > flip between 0 and +1.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > This seems like it'll cause issues at some point, so I think you should
> > > > > > > > either allow the driver to set the initial state or hardcode one of
> > > > > > > > these possibilities (so at least it's predictable)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I won't go negative, if you look, it only will disable clock if it knows
> > > > > > > it has already enabled it. 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ah, you're right, I misread the macros.
> > > > 
> > > > > So the patch is good as is?
> > > > 
> > > > I think so, yes.
> > > > 
> > > > johannes
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > John, Johannes suggested you are able to pull in this patch?
> > 
> > I've got it, thanks.
> 
>   Building modules, stage 2.
>   MODPOST 2346 modules
> ERROR: "clk_get" [net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "clk_enable" [net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "clk_put" [net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "clk_disable" [net/rfkill/rfkill-gpio.ko] undefined!
> WARNING: modpost: Found 5 section mismatch(es).
> To see full details build your kernel with:
> 'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
> make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> make: *** [modules] Error 2
> 
> Is there something we should add to Kconfig to prevent this?
> 
> John
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