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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:09:37 +0200
From: Kshitij Kulshreshtha <kkhere.geo@gmail.com>
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To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] compat: move pmcia backport code into compat-2.6.36.h
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As on 2010-09-22 18:59, Luis R. Rodriguez did write:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Kshitij Kulshreshtha
> <kkhere.geo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> As on 2010-09-19 19:42, Hauke Mehrtens did write:
>>> We have all out backport headers in include/linux/compat-2.6.XX.h also the pcmcia
>>> part there.
>>
>> I'm not sure if this won't make all the compat-wireless modules depend
>> on pcmcia.ko for kernels < 2.6.36 where
>> pcmcia_access_configuation_register() is exported. Even if someone is
>> only building selected drivers like iwlwifi or ath.
> 
> Have you tried loading ath9k or iwlagn on compat-wireless? Did you
> note compat doesn't get loaded? Anyway, patches welcomed to enhance
> this if your concern is if your kernel won't build with this. We also
> plan on dropping PCMCIA completely anyway.

Actually compat does get loaded since mac80211 needs it for noop_llseek
on 2.6.34, however my current build is not showing the pcmcia dependency
that I was afraid of, so please ignore this.

Thanks.
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