Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:39645 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751517AbZKPWaY (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:30:24 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:22:40 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Larry Finger Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor?= Stefanik , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8187se: Rename staging driver to avoid name conflict with mainline driver Message-ID: <20091116222239.GA1308@tuxdriver.com> References: <4b016848.3j3kclbqZ4ylyZGU%Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> <69e28c910911161202w5255bff5ydb7fc665b3320bda@mail.gmail.com> <4B01CD9D.7040601@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <4B01CD9D.7040601@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 04:09:33PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > On 11/16/2009 02:02 PM, G?bor Stefanik wrote: > >> > >> -obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8187SE) += rtl8187se.o > >> +obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8187SE_STAGE) += rtl8187se_stage.o > > > > Please make this r8187se.o, to be consistent with the other > > r8180-sa2400 derivative drivers. > > I cannot do that. From what I see, the kernel make system creates the .ko file > from the name specified here. When I make that rtl8187se.o, then I get > rtl8187se.ko, which is what I want to avoid. G?bor is suggesting r{no t}{no l}8187se... :-) John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.