Return-path: Received: from s3.sipsolutions.net ([5.9.151.49]:49945 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932775AbbIDSZQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:25:16 -0400 Message-ID: <1441391108.1971.17.camel@sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20150904_202520_218791_72C1FE61) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] New driver: rtl8xxxu (mac80211) From: Johannes Berg To: Jes Sorensen Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, kvalo@codeaurora.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 20:25:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: References: <1440883083-32498-1-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> <1440883083-32498-2-git-send-email-Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> <1441032517.13980.21.camel@sipsolutions.net> <1441120044.2441.9.camel@sipsolutions.net> <1441275474.2565.18.camel@sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > I'll add a comment to the code explaining why it is done this way. I > had > a peak at the rate_control code earlier, but it wasn't obvious to me > whether I should be using that API at all. Is there an explanation of > the API and it's usage somewhere? > Sadly no, it's one of the oldest and in a way cruftiest parts of the code, though it has seen a fair share of modernisation :) johannes