On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 17:05 -0600, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez<mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Marcel Holtmann<marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi Luis, > >> > >>> > 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. > >> > >> for the wireless-compat tree, I would just remove the RFKILL support for > >> WiMAX. It is really not worth to support it. > > > > Works for me, we then still need to address (if we really care) the > > platform stuff. If someone is interested feel free to send patches to > > add those, I figure as long we get down to the latest supported stable > > kernel it should be good. The latest supported stable kernel is always > > on display on kernel,org, today being 2.6.27. > > BTW inaky -- this is actually up to you, are you wiling to live with > no rfkill for compat? I don't really mind -- but it could be a problem for anyone trying to use it. Not that I recommend not being able to switch the radio off :) however, the WiMAX stack has APIs for it too, so at least there is a workaround. But remember, I won't be able to support it at all. -- -- Inaky -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
