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Message-ID: <1577999.zXsTfgyz3l@debian64> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 17:32:52 +0200 From: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com> To: Lauri Kasanen <cand@....com> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] carl9170: Clarify kconfig text On Saturday, April 16, 2016 05:18:56 PM Lauri Kasanen wrote: > The previous text was confusing, leading readers to think this > driver was a duplicate, and so didn't need to be enabled. > > After the removal of the older staging driver, this is the only > driver in mainline for these devices. > > Signed-off-by: Lauri Kasanen <cand@....com> Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@...glemail.com> > --- > v2: Remove the mention of the previous driver, suggested by Christian. Thanks! > drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig | 8 +++----- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig > index 1a796e5..2e34bae 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig > @@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ config CARL9170 > select FW_LOADER > select CRC32 > help > - This is another driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. > + This is the mainline driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. > > - This driver provides more features than the original, > - but it needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw) to do that. > - > - The firmware can be downloaded from our wiki here: > + It needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw), which can be downloaded > + from our wiki here: > <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170> > > If you choose to build a module, it'll be called carl9170. >
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