Bing Zhao <bzhao@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> > > The next patch will introduce a flag that is set > by default in cfg80211 so drivers and mac80211 > need to use |= to set features they have so that > they don't clear the already-set feature. > > We could set the flag in wiphy_register() instead > of wiphy_new() to avoid this patch, but then the > drivers couldn't *unset* flags they don't want to > use even though the implementation is generic. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Is there a way to check that drivers don't accidentally clear the flags (ie. use '=' instead '|=')? For example by adding a dummy flag and checking afterwards that it's not cleared? I'm just worried that this detail might be too easy to miss, for example somehow I had missed this patch and noticed only when rebasing ath6kl patches. -- Kalle Valo -- 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
