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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
Cc: Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, dan.carpenter@oracle.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] staging: rtl8188eu: move all source files from core subdirectory
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:16:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YPfXzlmYk4EPap+F@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210719224601.255364-1-phil@philpotter.co.uk>

On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 11:46:01PM +0100, Phillip Potter wrote:
> Move all C source files from the core subdirectory to the root
> folder of the driver, and adjust Makefile accordingly. The ultmate
> goal is to remove hal layer and fold its functionalty into the main
> sources. At this point, the distinction between hal and core will be
> meaningless, so this is the first step towards simplifying the file
> layout.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/Makefile            | 34 +++++++++----------
>  drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_ap.c |  0

<snip>

As others have pointed out, let's move files when they need to be moved,
not yet.  Removing the HAL layer is great here, but when that happens,
the hal/ directory will be empty and we can go from there if things
still need to be moved.

thanks,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-07-21  8:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-19 22:46 [PATCH resend] staging: rtl8188eu: move all source files from core subdirectory Phillip Potter
2021-07-19 23:46 ` Larry Finger
2021-07-20  9:00   ` Fabio Aiuto
2021-07-20 22:54     ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-21  7:51       ` Fabio Aiuto
2021-07-21  0:22     ` Larry Finger
2021-07-21  7:47       ` Fabio Aiuto
2021-07-21  7:49       ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-21 17:33         ` Larry Finger
2021-07-21 18:28           ` Dan Carpenter
2021-07-21 19:18             ` Larry Finger
2021-07-22 10:44               ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-22 13:28                 ` Greg KH
2021-07-22 16:30                   ` Larry Finger
2021-07-22 22:12                     ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-20 22:51   ` Phillip Potter
2021-07-21  8:16 ` Greg KH [this message]

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