Re: [PATCH] net/wireless/libertas: do not call wiphy_unregister()w/o wiphy_register()

[John W. Linville]

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:04:33AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 12:59 +0200, Holger Schurig wrote:
> > > I don't get your point. The patch I submitted fixes an Ooops in the
> > > driver, due to wrong handling of an API. What does that have to do with
> > > principle discussions about the frameworks in use?
> > 
> > I asked if there is a better method, and you said that you would test a better 
> > solution. That means that someone else should make a better solution.
> > 
> > I just pointed out that I won't be the one who creates the better solution, 
> > because for fundamental reasons I don't see the libertas+cfg80211 approach 
> > going forward. That issue has nothing to do with you or your patch, so please 
> > don't feel offended or confused.
> 
> Fine; just rip out the mesh code and do the vanilla cfg80211 conversion
> for infra & adhoc, and we'll add the mesh code back later.  I don't have
> time to do the cfg80211 bits, neither do the OLPC guys (AFAIK), so lets
> take advantage of your willingness to do this and just move the driver
> forward.

Someone post a feature removal patch, please?

John
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