Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:59457 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751098Ab0I1P3f (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:29:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:24:57 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Steve deRosier Cc: Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, javier@cozybit.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] libertas_tf: Moved firmware loading to probe in order to fetch MAC address Message-ID: <20100928152457.GH2440@tuxdriver.com> References: <1283988329-44549-1-git-send-email-steve@cozybit.com> <1283988329-44549-6-git-send-email-steve@cozybit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 08:34:41PM -0700, Steve deRosier wrote: > In light of the above, and Julian's comments, I'm going to rework the > libertas_tf patch set a little. I'll make the following two changes: > 1. Restrict building to module-only for now. This avoids building it > into the kernel which we know will break. Latter when I have time > I'll happily do what's necessary to make the fix Johannes wants, but > as it's not trivial I want to get a base down. > 2. I'll change a few things around as Julian's advised so the patch > set makes a bit more sense. I'll be also killing some inadvertent > white-space changes that were mistakes. I interpret this as "drop this series -- new series will replace it". > I think my mac80211 patch "mac80211: Fix dangling pointer in > ieee80211_xmit" stands 100% alone and fixes a clear bug. I don't see > any need to delay that one. I missed this before -- I'll take that patch on its own. > It might be a few days before I get these in. Is this still coming? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.