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Date:   Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:40:23 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
To:     Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/41] IEEE 802.15.4 scan support
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Hi Alexander,

> > So far the only technical point that is missing in this series is the
> > possibility to grab a reference over the module driving the net device
> > in order to prevent module unloading during a scan or when the beacons
> > work is ongoing.

Do you have any advises regarding this issue? That is the only
technical point that is left unaddressed IMHO.

> > Finally, this series is a deep reshuffle of David Girault's original
> > work, hence the fact that he is almost systematically credited, either
> > by being the only author when I created the patches based on his changes
> > with almost no modification, or with a Co-developped-by tag whenever the
> > final code base is significantly different than his first proposal while
> > still being greatly inspired from it.
> >  
> 
> can you please split this patch series, what I see is now:
> 
> 1. cleanup patches
> 2. sync tx handling for mlme commands
> 3. scan support

Works for me. I just wanted to give the big picture but I'll split the
series.

Also sorry for forgetting the 'wpan-next' subject prefix.

> we try to bring the patches upstream in this order.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> - Alex


Thanks,
Miquèl