Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.152]:22519 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755945AbZGUTgy (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:36:54 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so777456fga.17 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:36:51 -0700 (PDT) To: Joe Perches Cc: linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, jirislaby@gmail.com, luciano.coelho@nokia.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] MAINTAINERS: add wl1251 wireless driver References: <20090721191136.22374.69017.stgit@tikku> <20090721191154.22374.17349.stgit@tikku> <1248204540.31365.275.camel@Joe-Laptop.home> From: Kalle Valo Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:36:44 +0300 In-Reply-To: <1248204540.31365.275.camel@Joe-Laptop.home> (Joe Perches's message of "Tue\, 21 Jul 2009 12\:29\:00 -0700") Message-ID: <87ocrdsu9f.fsf@litku.valot.fi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Joe Perches writes: >> +F: drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251* > > Not that I'm asking you to maintain more than you want to, > but why not: > > F: drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/ Just because Luciano will soon publish wl1271 driver (which will use wl1271_ prefix) and he will be maintaining that part, no other reason. But what should we do with the shared Makefile and Kconfig? Also in the future we might share some of the code between 1251 and 1271. Any tips for this? -- Kalle Valo