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Re: hal, rfkill and compat-wireless (Re: [RFC/RFT] rtl8187: Implement rfkill support)

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On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 13:25 -0600, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

> OK not so bad except for:
> 
> > kernel/net/wimax/wimax.ko
> 
> That's touching another subsystem but we could technically merge wimax
> into compat-wireless if Inaky thinks that's a good idea. the point
> here is to unify anything that uses rfkill for backport usage.

Oh boy, can of worms

I have my own compat-wimax already, which already handles things for
backwards compat (many #ifdef hacks to simplify life) and which is
heavily used internally. 

I don't really know how much worth it might be and I know I don't have
resources to support both.

> > If everything that depends on rkill is bundled with
> > compat-wireless, there is probablt no need for the symbol and sysfs
> > renaming hacks.
> 
> Right which is why I think this may be reasonable to do. Any thoughts Inaky?
>   Luis

-- 
-- Inaky


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