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Re: [PATCH] rtl818x: move rtl8180 and rtl8187 to separate subdirectories

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On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:29:16 -0600
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 12/20/2010 02:22 PM, John W. Linville wrote:
> > These drivers share one header file, but nothing else.  Worse, both
> > drivers use the rtl8225 part with different register settings.  The
> > results has been some ugly naming -- let's simplify that.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> 
> This is a good time to change this as I have heard from Realtek that their
> RTL8187SE driver that uses mac80211 is running, but not yet stable. When it is,
> a decision can be made if it should be in .../rtl818x/rtl8187/ or
> .../rtl818x/rtl8187se/.
> 
> The new driver will also allow the staging driver to be removed.

Ack from me too, it stays cleaner with the change.

> 
> Larry
> 
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