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Re: [PATCH 3.14.0-rc5 v3 1/10] rsi: Adding RS9113 driver files

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On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 09:08:26PM +0100, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:38 PM, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Does anyone have any last objections or criticisms to this patch series?
> 
> > On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 01:25:38PM +0530, Fariya Fatima wrote:
> >> Kconfig               |    1
> >> Makefile              |    1
> 
> A minor critique would be that these Kconfig/Makefile changes should
> be added in the last patch, else any in-between will result in a state
> where the driver is selectable, but fails to build because of missing
> source files.

FWIW, I tend to collapse a series like this (i.e. one that adds a new
driver using a series of small, non-buildable patches) into a single
patch when merging.

> Also the subject suggests the patch set was based on linus' tree, not
> wireless-next (or whatever the correct tree is), but this does not
> necessarily mean it does not apply; I did not test this.

This is usually not a (big) merge problem for a new driver.

John
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