Return-path: Received: from mail-gx0-f18.google.com ([209.85.217.18]:47940 "EHLO mail-gx0-f18.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752112AbYJ1IBX (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:01:23 -0400 Received: by gxk11 with SMTP id 11so1174165gxk.13 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:01:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <43e72e890810280101v23839ffcka38397a291247668@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20081028_090128_646407_FFCE1F96) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:01:22 -0700 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: "Luis Correia" Subject: Re: rtl2860 driver in mainline? Cc: "Thorsten Leemhuis" , "Greg KH" , rt2400-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 References: <20081028004915.GA3442@kroah.com> <4906B944.4010105@leemhuis.info> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 12:48 AM, Luis Correia wrote: > Hi! > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 07:03, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> On 28.10.2008 01:49, Greg KH wrote: >>> >>> So, on my quest to suck up every out-of-tree driver and get it into the >>> main kernel tree (drivers/staging/ to start with), I've been pointed at >>> the rtl2860 driver. >> >> Does it really make sense to include a driver when a different one for >> mainline inclusion is being actively developed? It might give some >> developers the impression that it's worth spending time improving the >> rtl2860/2870 drivers -- which might be wasted time in the end. > > Is it just me or you are suggesting we use the Ralink supplied driver, > with its own wireless stack, rather then work with the rt2x00 team? > > Do we really want that again (several wireless stacks)? Staging means temporary, a place for you to stash crap, which ultimately and hopefully will unbecome crap and some sort of butterfly will come out. Now I got poetic. Luis