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Re: [PATCH v2] wireless: allow Atheros card to not depend on ath.ko

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On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 09:28:32 PM Kalle Valo wrote:
> Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > There are 2 different things:
> > - sub-menu for "Atheros Wireless cards" family
> > - module ath.ko with common Atheros code
> >
> > Until now, they both used to depend on the same Kconfig variable ATH_COMMON.
> > Thus, being "Atheros card" and "depending on ath.ko" was the same.
> >
> > To allow module to belong to the
> > "Atheros Wireless cards" family but not use ath.ko,
> > 2 conditions above need to be separated.
> >
> > So, this patch introduce new Kconfig variable ATH_CARDS for belonging
> > to the "Atheros Wireless Cards" family; while ATH_COMMON becomes hidden
> > variable to express dependency on common Atheros code in ath.ko. Modules
> > that depend on this common code now express it by setting ATH_COMMON.
> >
> > Right now, ath6kl do not depend on common code and thus do not set ATH_COMMON.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vladimir Kondratiev <qca_vkondrat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This broke ath6kl, it get compiled unless I enable ath9k or some other
> atheros driver.
> 
> Reverting 23c1d7f6597 or adding "select ATH_COMMON" to ath6kl fixes
> this. Any ideas what's wrong? It's not obvious to me from looking at
> Kconfig files.
> 

Interesting. I just compiled with ath6kl only, have no ATH_COMMON in .config.
Compiles with no problem.

Maybe something with your setup? Can you elaborate what error do you see?

Thanks, Vladimir
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