Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([147.243.1.48]:56073 "EHLO mgw-sa02.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753235Ab0KDVvr (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2010 17:51:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] wl1271: Change wl12xx Files Names From: Luciano Coelho To: ext =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor?= Stefanik Cc: ext Grazvydas Ignotas , Shahar Levi , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: References: <1288883257-30060-1-git-send-email-shahar_levi@ti.com> <1288891196.17643.6.camel@powerslave> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:52:35 +0200 Message-ID: <1288907555.17643.14.camel@powerslave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 22:48 +0100, ext Gábor Stefanik wrote: > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Luciano Coelho wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 17:37 +0100, ext Grazvydas Ignotas wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Shahar Levi wrote: > >> > All files name prefix removed due to the fact that wl12xx driver supports > >> > wl1271 and wl1273. > >> > Also the definition in Kconfig and header files changed respectively. > >> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Shahar Levi > >> > >> Hmh the name 'wl12xx' kind of implies it covers 1251, while in fact > >> wl1251 is completely separate driver.. At least the Kconfig help text > >> should mention it doesn't cover wl1251 and users should use respective > >> driver for wl1251. > > > > That's a good point. We have discussed this before and this was the > > best solution we found. The wl12xx driver includes support for wl1271 > > and wl1273, so we considered calling it wl127x, but in the near future, > > we'll have support for wl1281 and wl1283 as well. So we have to use > > wl12xx. > > > > At least in my opinion, it is kind of clear that if there is a separate > > driver for wl1251, the user would use that one. In any case, A note in > > the Kconfig help text would definitely not hurt. > > > > Shahar, could you please change the text in the Kconfig so that it reads > > something like this? > > > > "This module adds support for wireless adapters based on TI wl1271 and > > TI wl1273 chipsets. This module does *not* include support for wl1251. > > For wl1251 support, use the separate homonymous driver instead." > > What about wl1251 vs. wl12agn (or wl12bgn if no .11a support), like iwlwifi? Hmmm... wl1251 supports bg. wl12xx supports abgn. I don't really see the logic in this? What difference does it make comparing to calling it wl12xx? From wl12agn the user still doesn't know whether wl1251 is supported or not. -- Cheers, Luca.