Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:20:16 +0100
From: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
To: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
       Mattias Nissler <mattias.nissler@gmx.de>,
       linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] debugfs: allow access to signed values
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:45:10 -0800
Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 01:27:39AM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> > Add debugfs_create_s{8,16,32,64}. For these to work properly, we need to remove
> > a cast in libfs.
> > 
> > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> > To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
> > ---
> > Greg,
> > 
> > here comes an implementation of debugfs_create_s{8,16,32,64} which avoids code
> > duplication, suggested by Johannes Berg. We would need this to be merged to
> > 2.6.25, as we need those functions to be available for rc80211-pid, the new
> > mac80211 rate control algorithm.
> 
> Looks good to me, do you want me to add this to my tree and send it to
> Linus when 2.6.25 opens up, or do you want this to go through the
> wireless tree as you have patches relying on it?

I have one patch (rate control rework, 8/8) relying on it. Let's ask John. John,
what's the best for you?

> Whatever works the best for you is fine for me.  If the wireless tree,
> feel free to add:
> 	Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> to the patch.

Thanks. I'm going to resend the patch to John with your Signed-off-by -- in case.


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Ciao
Stefano
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