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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:52:51 +0200
From: Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@gmail.com>
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To: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de, s.L-H@gmx.de,
	linville@tuxdriver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Driver for the ar5523 chipset
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Hi,

> But what is keeping this driver from going to the "proper" place in the
> kernel tree (i.e. drivers/net/...)?  I don't have a problem adding it to
> the staging tree, but it would need a TODO file to list what is needed
> to get it out of the staging tree.

I couldn't decide myself so I asked John and he suggested staging. 
Perhaps it should be in driver/net/wireless after all. Can you and John 
give some advice?

Here's a list of things to consider:

* The FW API is reverse engineered and no real documentation is available.
* Limited functionality (notably no HW crypto offload).
* I'm committed to maintaining the driver and fix problems, but only as 
a hobbist.
* It has received very limited testing. S L-H is the only one except 
myself that has run it.

Cheers,

Pontus