Return-path: Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:6927 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752285AbYJFF2R (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2008 01:28:17 -0400 Subject: Re: at76_usb driver status From: Pavel Roskin To: Kalle Valo Cc: Greg KH , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <87d4ifsgg5.fsf@litku.valot.fi> References: <20081002210742.GA27221@kroah.com> <87y713y48r.fsf@nokia.com> <20081005061603.GB28533@kroah.com> <87d4ifsgg5.fsf@litku.valot.fi> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:28:14 -0400 Message-Id: <1223270894.18180.7.camel@dv> (sfid-20081006_072822_780624_AD48DDD5) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, 2008-10-05 at 09:29 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: > > So for now, if no one really screams, I'll put Pavel's driver into the > > drivers/staging/ tree so that users can use their devices. When your > > driver is merged, we can merely delete this driver instead. > > > > Sound good? > > That sounds very good. User's benefit from this and that's what > counts. > > BTW, Pavel doesn't have time for at76 anymore. So if you have any > problems with Pavel's driver in the stating tree, I can help you. I'm not going to scream, and I'm not sure my opinion really matters, but I don't think it's a good idea to have two different drivers under the same name in different kernel trees. My preference is that we give a better exposure to the mac80211 based driver, so that potential contributors don't spend time on dead end code. Finally, I would prefer that my name is not used with either driver. The original driver was written by other people. I just cleaned it up and fixed some bugs. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin