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Re: [RFC] convert wiphy to struct device

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On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 03:59:48PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Ok so I did the wiphy stuff w/o knowing that class devs are apparently
> deprecated. Below is a patch to convert it.
> 
> However, that patch has a problem. As discussed on netdev in the thread
> "Converting network devices from class devices causes namespace
> pollution" we'll have the same problem here, currently after the patch
> this means that wiphys and netdevs will share the same namespace within
> the device directory.
> 
> I think the generic code Greg promised in that thread will fix it by
> renaming the symlink to "ieee80211:wiphy0" instead of just "wiphy0" but
> I'd like to have confirmation about that.

Yes it will, I'm working on that patch right now...

thanks,

greg k-h
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