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Re: Backporting wl1271 driver to kernel-2.6.32 using compat-wireless

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On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 12/22/2010 05:13 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align
>>>
>>> I notice you have an android kernel, is that kernel a vanilla kernel
>>> or did it get netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() cherry picked into it?
>>>
>>> Â Luis
>>
>> netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align is not defined in the 2.6.32.27 vanilla
>> kernel. Someone else (google or ti) must have backported it to this
>> kernel and added it to your kernel.
>>
>> I do not want to add some special handling into compat-wireless just for
>> some android kernel. Just remove netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() and
>> NETDEV_POST_INIT from include/linux/compat-2.6.33.h and the compile
>> problems you posted should be fixed.
>
> Well we did something to accommodate RHEL, I wouldn't mind supporting
> some fudge for Android so long as someone is willing to submit the
> patch and identify the kernel properly. Android is popular enough and
> I rather reduce the time it takes to use it there than to create an
> extra hurdle.

Now that I think about it I don't think John ever respinned his
patches for compat-wireless for RHEL.

  Luis
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