linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/27] brcm80211: move under broadcom vendor directory

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Message-ID: <565075A5.4020506@hauke-m.de>
Date:	Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:46:13 +0100
From:	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>
To:	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, brcm80211-dev-list@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/27] brcm80211: move under broadcom vendor directory

On 11/20/2015 10:53 PM, Arend van Spriel wrote:
> On 11/19/2015 08:48 AM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de> writes:
>>
>>> On 11/18/2015 03:45 PM, Kalle Valo wrote:
>>>> Part of reorganising wireless drivers directory and Kconfig. Note
>>>> that I had to
>>>> edit Makefiles from subdirectories to use the new location.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> I would prefer to remove the brcm80211 directory in this process and
>>> create:
>>> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcmfmac
>>> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcmsmac
>>> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcmutil
>>> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/include
>>>
>>> This way we have one directory less.
>>
>> I think this could be done separately. This patchset is big enough
>> already, I would not like to make it anymore complicated.
>>
>> And I actually like the brcm80211 directory, I would not mind keeping it
>> still.
> 
> I prefer to keep it as brcmsmac and brcmfmac rely on brcmutil module so
> I want to keep them together under brcm80211.
> 
> So does this patch go in before or after the patches I submitted before
> the merge window. I hope after :-p

Ok, then leave it like Kalle proposed. backports should work with both
versions.

Hauke

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