Re: [PATCH v2] Move brcm80211 to mainline

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On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 17:42 -0700, Henry Ptasinski wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 04:54:28PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 16:17 -0700, Henry Ptasinski wrote:
> > > Augh.  I included the wrong link.  Correct link:
> > > http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/brcm80211?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=0001-wireless-testing-add-brcm80211-v2.patch
> > Can't you post the patch with git format-patch -M instead?
> This patch drops in a new copy of all the files, as there's been significant
> change since the last time staging-next and wireless-testing were in sync.
> (Deleting the existing files from staging will be a separate step.)
> 
> I can generate a two-patch series instead: one to catch up wireless-testing
> with all the changes that have been applied to the brcm80211 drivers in
> staging, and then a second patch with a 'git mv' plus necessary
> Kconfig/Makefile changes. The first patch would still be quite large, but I'm
> ok with either approach.

I think that's the better approach, though I wonder
why you need to update wireless-testing at all.

Can't you do a delete from wireless-testing
and then a move from staging?


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