On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 17:37 +0100, ext Grazvydas Ignotas wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Shahar Levi <shahar_levi@xxxxxx> wrote: >> > All files name prefix removed due to the fact that wl12xx driver supports >> > wl1271 and wl1273. >> > Also the definition in Kconfig and header files changed respectively. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Shahar Levi <shahar_levi@xxxxxx> >> >> Hmh the name 'wl12xx' kind of implies it covers 1251, while in fact >> wl1251 is completely separate driver.. At least the Kconfig help text >> should mention it doesn't cover wl1251 and users should use respective >> driver for wl1251. > > That's a good point. We have discussed this before and this was the > best solution we found. The wl12xx driver includes support for wl1271 > and wl1273, so we considered calling it wl127x, but in the near future, > we'll have support for wl1281 and wl1283 as well. So we have to use > wl12xx. > > At least in my opinion, it is kind of clear that if there is a separate > driver for wl1251, the user would use that one. In any case, A note in > the Kconfig help text would definitely not hurt. > > Shahar, could you please change the text in the Kconfig so that it reads > something like this? > > "This module adds support for wireless adapters based on TI wl1271 and > TI wl1273 chipsets. This module does *not* include support for wl1251. > For wl1251 support, use the separate homonymous driver instead." What about wl1251 vs. wl12agn (or wl12bgn if no .11a support), like iwlwifi? > > > -- > Cheers, > Luca. > > -- > 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 > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
