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Re: [PATCH 0/4] Driver for the ar5523 chipset

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On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:11:57AM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Very nice.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> > But what is keeping this driver from going to the "proper" place in the
> > kernel tree (i.e. drivers/net/...)?  I don't have a problem adding it to
> > the staging tree, but it would need a TODO file to list what is needed
> > to get it out of the staging tree.
> 
> I did a really quick 5 min review of this driver and IMHO this should go
> directly to drivers/net/wireless/ (or maybe to drivers/net/wireless/ath,
> Luis?), I don't see any reason why this should go to staging. The code
> looks clean and is only 2 kLOC. But I'll review this better during the
> weekend and also run some build tests.

I have no particular objection to that.  FWIW, Pontus contacted me
and said something like "I've got this driver that sucks and needs
a lot of work, should it go to staging?"  Perhaps he was being too
hard on himself? :-)

John
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