linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] Staging: rtl8712: fix warning for placing constant on the right side of test

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Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2015 00:34:36 +0530
From:	punit vara <punitvara@...il.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] Staging: rtl8712: fix warning for placing constant
 on the right side of test

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:51 PM, punit vara <punitvara@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net> wrote:
>> On 10/18/2015 09:00 PM, Greg KH wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 12:02:53PM +0530, punit vara wrote:
>>>>
>>>> One more thing I would like suggestion how can start switching this
>>>> driver to LIB80211 ,MAC80211 ? Which is the first file I should focus
>>>> ? Simultaneously I am trying to understand the flow of driver . I
>>>> would like to know the start point  from where I can start doing small
>>>> changes.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you don't understand the wireless stack, I suggest you do some
>>> research on it first, converting a driver to the in-kernel stack is a
>>> _very_ difficult thing and not something that someone without any
>>> experience in this area is going to be able to do easily.
>>
>>
>> I second this suggestion. Your skill level is not nearly sufficient for this
>> sort of task. Note that there is a group working on driver rtl8192su, which
>> should be able to replace rtl8712u. The participants are very highly skilled
>> wireless developers; however, they are having trouble. The internals of the
>> Realtek chips are not revealed to anyone in any form other than the code
>> they release.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>
>
> Thank you Larry  ,Tillman , Greg for your valuable suggestions. I am
> interested to learn wireless stack .I have already read wireless wiki
> documentation , sort of rtl8712 code , cfg80112  APIs . Yeah I agree
> with you Greg and Larry that its _very_ difficult to thing to convert
> driver in kernel and also rtl8712 has more files compare to others.
> Anyway however difficult or tough it may be but I have to go through
> it once to become highly skilled or good engineer . I would give it a
> try even if I will fail I believe at least 1% of my knowledge will be
> improved . More suggestions are welcome.
>
> I have did
>
> git remote add gregkh
> http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git
>
> git pull gregkh
>
> git rebase my_local_branch
>
> I have got some conflicts .I can solve them but they are too many . I
> am trying to solve it . After that I will soon resend this patch.
>
> Thanks

@Greg KH
I am working on linux-next .I have tried to rebase my local branch on
your staging tree but I am getting too many conflict .and I have tried
to clone your staging tree separately but due slow internet I am
unable to clone it fully . Is there any other way I can get your
staging tree by downloading ?
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