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2011/5/18 Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>:
> W dniu 18 maja 2011 09:21 użytkownik Julian Calaby
> <julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx> napisał:
>> As I see it, having two sets of mostly identical  wrapper functions in
>> a file seems incorrect to me. Especially as once the abstraction is
>> complete it would technically be correct to build b43 without SSB
>> support - it's much cleaner to not compile a file than have a massive
>> #ifdef block in a common file.
>>
>> Anyway, it's only a minor thing.
>
> Massive? It's *one* ifdef for one bus type in this file.

I count massive by the amount of code within the block, not the number
of ifdefs.

>>> A one quick question:
>>> Why didn't you respond in "[RFC][PATCH] b43: add bus abstraction
>>> layer" on 2011-04-08? Or more recent "[RFC ONLY 2/5] b43: add bus
>>> device abstraction later" posted on 2011-05-09?
>>
>> While I try to read every patch that passes through the linux-wireless
>> mailing list, I only skim them, and tend to miss some details. The
>> thing that prompted this comment was the SSB comment at the start of
>> the SSB specific wrappers - something I probably didn't read the last
>> two times the patch came up on the list.
>
> OK, I ask because it's much easier to discuss such a things before you
> got 20 patches. That's why I posted very early RFC.

I know, I completely understand. This was just a small query. If it
had jumped out at me earlier, I would have commented then.

Thanks,

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