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Date:   Tue, 20 Jul 2021 23:51:19 +0100
From:   Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>
To:     Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc:     dan.carpenter@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] staging: rtl8188eu: move all source files from
 core subdirectory
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On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 06:46:16PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 7/19/21 5:46 PM, 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
> >   .../staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_cmd.c    |  0
> >   .../staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_efuse.c  |  0
> >   .../rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_ieee80211.c      |  0
> >   .../rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_ioctl_set.c      |  0
> >   .../staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_iol.c    |  0
> >   .../staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_led.c    |  0
> >   .../staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_mlme.c   |  0
> >   .../rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_mlme_ext.c       |  0
> >   .../rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_pwrctrl.c        |  0
> >   .../staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_recv.c   |  0
> >   drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_rf.c |  0
> >   .../rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_security.c       |  0
> >   .../staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_sreset.c |  0
> >   .../rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_sta_mgt.c        |  0
> >   .../rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_wlan_util.c      |  0
> >   .../staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_xmit.c   |  0
> >   18 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_ap.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_cmd.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_efuse.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_ieee80211.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_ioctl_set.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_iol.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_led.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_mlme.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_mlme_ext.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_pwrctrl.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_recv.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_rf.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_security.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_sreset.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_sta_mgt.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_wlan_util.c (100%)
> >   rename drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/{core => }/rtw_xmit.c (100%)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/Makefile b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/Makefile
> > index 28b936e8be0a..2dad13bdbdeb 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/Makefile
> > @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
> >   # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> >   r8188eu-y :=				\
> > -		core/rtw_ap.o		\
> > -		core/rtw_cmd.o		\
> > -		core/rtw_efuse.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_ieee80211.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_ioctl_set.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_iol.o		\
> > -		core/rtw_led.o		\
> > -		core/rtw_mlme.o		\
> > -		core/rtw_mlme_ext.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_pwrctrl.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_recv.o		\
> > -		core/rtw_rf.o		\
> > -		core/rtw_security.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_sreset.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_sta_mgt.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_wlan_util.o	\
> > -		core/rtw_xmit.o		\
> > +		rtw_ap.o		\
> > +		rtw_cmd.o		\
> > +		rtw_efuse.o		\
> > +		rtw_ieee80211.o		\
> > +		rtw_ioctl_set.o		\
> > +		rtw_iol.o		\
> > +		rtw_led.o		\
> > +		rtw_mlme.o		\
> > +		rtw_mlme_ext.o		\
> > +		rtw_pwrctrl.o		\
> > +		rtw_recv.o		\
> > +		rtw_rf.o		\
> > +		rtw_security.o		\
> > +		rtw_sreset.o		\
> > +		rtw_sta_mgt.o		\
> > +		rtw_wlan_util.o		\
> > +		rtw_xmit.o		\
> >   		hal/fw.o	\
> >   		hal/mac_cfg.o \
> >   		hal/bb_cfg.o \
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_ap.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ap.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_ap.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_cmd.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_cmd.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_efuse.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_efuse.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_efuse.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_ieee80211.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ieee80211.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_ieee80211.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_ioctl_set.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_iol.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_iol.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_iol.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_iol.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_led.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_led.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_led.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_led.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_mlme.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_mlme.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_mlme_ext.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_pwrctrl.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_pwrctrl.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_pwrctrl.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_recv.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_recv.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_recv.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_rf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_rf.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_rf.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_rf.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_security.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_security.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_security.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sreset.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_sreset.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sreset.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_sreset.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_sta_mgt.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_wlan_util.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_wlan_util.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_wlan_util.c
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_xmit.c
> > similarity index 100%
> > rename from drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> > rename to drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/rtw_xmit.c
> > 
> 
> I think this is just source churning. The current setup with include. core.
> hal and os_dep subdirectories are not opressive.
> 
> Larry
> 
Dear Larry,

Thank you for your feedback. I will focus on utilising the existing
folder structure in that case, with a view towards reducing/removing the
'hal' folder and reintegrating its code.

Regards,
Phil