Re: [PATCH 0/19] rtl8192e: Cleanup & refactoring

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On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 10:52:31PM +0900, Mike McCormack wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> The following patch series is a further cleanup of the rtl8192e driver.
> Most patches delete code in some way, with the following exceptions:
> 
> [3/19] rtl8192e: Use private structure in IO functions
> 
> Start replacing references to net_device with r8192_priv so
> converting to use mac80211 will be easier.
> 
> [10/19] rtl8192e: Don't call ieee80211_ps_tx_ack in interrupt context
> 
> Avoiding calling into the ieee80211 library in an interrupt context
> means we can avoid spin_lock_irqsave/restore in many places.
> 
> I've been working on trying to make the rtl8192's ieee80211 library 
> interface look more like the kernel's mac80211 with the goal of
> dropping the customized 80211 library.

That's a great goal, thanks for doing this work, I've queued up all of
these patches now.

greg k-h
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