Re: [PATCH 0/3] Move rtl8192e from staging

[Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:41:44AM -0500, Sean MacLennan wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:20:59 +0300
> Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Doesn't this driver still need some work?
> 
> I have been using the driver on my laptop since sometime last year. So
> it is functional. Or did you mean needs work to make it look clean?
> 
> > Why does the Makefile hardcode that CONFIG_PM is enabled?
> > I only looked at rtl8192e/rtllib.h, but that seems like someone
> > could go through there and tidy things up and delete the unused bits.
> 
> Yes. I didn't want to spend a lot of time cleaning it up until it was
> decided that this was the way to go. i.e. Two directories and multiple
> drivers as opposed to the original one directory, one driver.

That's fine, but for now, please keep them in the drivers/staging/
directory, as the code itself is not ready to be merged to the "real"
portion of the kernel without a lot of work.

thanks,

greg k-h
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