RE: [PATCH] drivers:staging:ti-st: mv ti_wilink_st header

From: Savoy, Pavan
Date: Thu Sep 30 2010 - 13:33:31 EST



Greg,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:51 AM
> To: Savoy, Pavan
> Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxx; alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers:staging:ti-st: mv ti_wilink_st header
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:25:22PM -0400, pavan_savoy@xxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Pavan Savoy <pavan_savoy@xxxxxx>
> >
> > Greg,
> >
> > How is the movement of drivers done out of staging?
> > Should I submit patches like these, which move individual files without
> > breaking the build during anytime of movement?
>
> Yes.
>
> > In few following days I plan to submit patches to move the ST headers
> sources
> > out.
> > ti_wilink_st.h -> include/linux/
> > st_core.c, st_kim.c and st_ll.c -> drivers/misc/
> > Makefile and Kconfig changes to drivers/misc/Kconfig and
> drivers/misc/Makefile
> > bt_drv.c -> drivers/bluetooth/
>
> Yes, that sounds great.
>
> But, the bluetooth patch should go to the bluetooth maintainer for his
> review, I'll need the ack from him before I can apply it.

Yes, I will loop in linux-bluetooth and Marcel when I post the Bluetooth driver patch, he has been already introduced to ST, so hopefully the transition is smoother.

> Oh, this patch looks nice, but I found one problem:
>
> > --- a/drivers/staging/ti-st/ti_wilink_st.h
> > +++ /dev/null
> > -#ifndef TI_WILINK_ST_H
> > -#define TI_WILINK_ST_H
> > -
> > -/* TODO:
> > - * Move the following to tty.h upon acceptance
> > - */
> > -#define N_TI_WL 22 /* Ldisc for TI's WL BT, FM, GPS combo chips */
>
> We need to do that now, before you move this file.
>
> Then, you can drop this:
>
> > -#ifdef __KERNEL__
>
> As it will not be needed, right?
>
> Care to send me a patch that does this first?

Yes, sending it right away.

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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