Return-path: Received: from fmmailgate01.web.de ([217.72.192.221]:44159 "EHLO fmmailgate01.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751060AbZCTVOy (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:14:54 -0400 From: Christian Lamparter To: Greg KH Subject: Re: [RFC][RFT][PATCH 0/5 v5] ar9170: ar9170 driver (aka mac80211's otus) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:14:51 +0100 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg , "John W. Linville" , otus-devel@lists.madwifi-project.org References: <200903170408.12626.chunkeey@web.de> <200903202036.09255.chunkeey@web.de> <20090320201326.GA30639@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20090320201326.GA30639@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200903202214.51394.chunkeey@web.de> (sfid-20090320_221457_326493_8794DFB0) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Friday 20 March 2009 21:13:26 Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 08:36:08PM +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote: > > Based on the number of mails I got, this driver should be ready for inclusion. > > So, this is probably the last RFC and the official patches will follow on > > sunday (only if no one finds a bug that needs to be fixed ASAP.) > > Wonderful! :-) > When the driver goes into the "real" portion of drivers/net please let > me know and I'll drop the otus driver from the drivers/staging/ > location. Well, I doubt that we can replace Otus, ever... But it would be nice to tell/warn the otus user (and possible devs) about the existence of an alternative driver, that does not TAINT the kernel. > thanks, > > greg k-h Regards, Chr