On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 01:26 +0100, Christian Lamparter wrote: > Shh, there's a secret plan, see ar9170/main.c > > /* > * BIG FAT TODO: > * > * By the looks of things: these devices share a lot of things like > * EEPROM layout/design and PHY code with other Atheros WIFI products. > * So this driver/library will eventually become ath9k code... or vice versa ;-) > */ > > And the ath5k<->ath9k merge could provide some "helper" function for this > driver as well... (wishful thinking, but anyway...) _Very_ wishful thinking -- only very small parts of the design are really shared, the PHY stuff, which happens to be relevant to the eeprom. > Meanwhile, what about a config option that can be enabled to > integrate everything into the front-end module (ar9170usb)? > ( However, I don't think this config solution will stand a chance ;-) > and we all come to the same "all-in-one works best" conclusion. ) This seems like a pointless option. Why not just change the Kconfig file to remove the common option and link both files into one binary, removing all EXPORT_SYMBOLs? johannes
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