Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:51268 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755128Ab0IWRbv (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:31:51 -0400 Received: by iwn5 with SMTP id 5so1612418iwn.19 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:31:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <260374.78183.qm@web56801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <260374.78183.qm@web56801.mail.re3.yahoo.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:31:29 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Compiling carl9170 To: Walter Goldens Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Tim Gardner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Walter Goldens wrote: > I don't have atheros cards and this might be idiotic question, but won't ar9170 and carl9170 collide, since they cover the same VIDs ? > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170#available_devices > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170#available_devices Yes, distributions should pick carl9170 over ar9170 though as ar9170 will be removed from the kernel after a good kernel try out of it. Luis