netdev - Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: Use ops name instead of device name

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Date:	Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:47:25 -0500
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Ivo Van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>,
	abogani@...ware.it
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: Use ops name instead of device name

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 08:33:45PM +0100, Ivo Van Doorn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 13:34 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> >
> >> > 19:   73474106          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ata_piix, uhci_hcd:usb6, 0000:05:01.0
> >
> >> >     rt2x00dev->irq = pci_dev->irq;
> >> > -   rt2x00dev->name = pci_name(pci_dev);
> >> > +   rt2x00dev->name = ops->name;
> >
> >
> >> But then how can users distinguish the IRQs for multiple devices handled
> >> by the same driver?  (Probably unusual for WLAN devices, but still
> >> possible.)
> >>
> >> I assume you can't use a net device name as there may be multiple net
> >> devices per bus device?
> >
> > Honestly, I do not know this code well enough, but this patch seemed to
> > solve the problem at hand. Hence I sent it out to the experts hoping
> > they either take this patch or come up with a proper solution ;)
> >
> > In any case, just posting the pci address is not a pretty answer.
> 
> I just checked the other wireless drivers, and they all seem to use
> the modulename. So I guess your patch is correct. You can add my:
> 
> Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@...il.com>

I completely missed this series -- please be sure to Cc:
linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org if you resend, and/or resend the series
directly to me?

Thanks!

John
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