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SubjectRe: [RFC/PATCH 00/13] wl12xx re-factor
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On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 00:26 +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> Hi Luca,

Hi Felipe,


> this is the re-factor I was talking to you
> about. Please have a look and give your
> comments.
>
> It probably won't work as is, I compile
> tested only, but it shows the idea.

This looks very good! I think we should do something like this to avoid
the code that is duplicated in the bus modules.

But, as I already mentioned briefly on IRC, there is a problem with the
way you changed the platform data structure, because it will break
compat-wireless. The actual memory and data that is used by the
platform data is in the board components and not part of the wireless
subsystem. With compat-wireless, we need to make sure that new stuff
works with older kernels. In your patches you modify the platform data
structure, so when we run an old kernel with new compat-wireless, things
will break.

We already found a similar bug due to a previous change in the platform
data structure, so I don't want this to happen again. So for now, I'll
keep these patches aside, but as soon as we find a good solution, I'll
definitely use your ideas here (or ask you to rebase :P).

I'll probably apply some of the patches that are not related to the
platform data change. I'll respond to those specific patches
separately.

--
Cheers,
Luca.



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