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From: Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	Fabio Aiuto <fabioaiuto83@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] staging: r8188eu: add newer/better RTL8188eu driver
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 19:50:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210801175049.eubghjzmhx25ol73@viti.kaiser.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1d687d5f-d514-655a-f8bf-a5bac321affb@lwfinger.net>

Hello Greg and Larry,

thanks for your responses.

Thus wrote Larry Finger (Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net):

> I do see this driver being cleaned up to the point that it transitions to mainline.

> It is not clear to me that it would fit into the rtlwifi framework. It
> probably could use the USB driver there, but unlikely to use a lot more of
> that code.

Ok, that clarifies that path forward. I wasn't sure if a standalone
(non-rtlwifi) driver is acceptable at all.

> I will certainly be on the lookout for conflicts with the rtlwifi and
> rtl8xxxu, indeed the whole drivers/net/wireless/realtek/, code as the
> cleanup proceeds.

At the moment, the driver (like the old one) can be compiled only as a
module. I guess that's because of name conflicts between realtek drivers
that originated from the same codebase. It seems that we'll have to
rename some functions along the way.

Thanks,
Martin

  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-01 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-27 23:22 [PATCH v4 0/6] staging: r8188eu: add newer/better RTL8188eu driver Phillip Potter
2021-07-27 23:22 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] staging: r8188eu: introduce new core dir for " Phillip Potter
2021-07-27 23:22 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] staging: r8188eu: introduce new hal " Phillip Potter
2021-07-27 23:22 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] staging: r8188eu: introduce new os_dep " Phillip Potter
2021-07-27 23:22 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] staging: r8188eu: introduce new include " Phillip Potter
2021-07-27 23:22 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] staging: r8188eu: introduce new supporting files " Phillip Potter
2021-07-27 23:22 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] staging: r8188eu: attach newly imported driver to build system Phillip Potter
2021-07-28  7:46 ` [PATCH v4 0/6] staging: r8188eu: add newer/better RTL8188eu driver Martin Kaiser
2021-07-28 16:00   ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-28 16:00     ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-29 13:37     ` Martin Kaiser
2021-07-29 14:00       ` Greg KH
2021-07-29 16:47       ` Larry Finger
2021-08-01 17:50         ` Martin Kaiser [this message]
2021-07-28 18:14 ` Greg KH
2021-07-28 18:41   ` Larry Finger
2021-07-28 18:55     ` Greg KH
2021-07-28 22:17       ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-28 22:17         ` Phillip Potter

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