Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:56:17 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r297136 - head/sys/conf Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=6of7u6rWH-=7bvAz-_GDJWPkcE2kH3dHHVMu_HYnzoA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D26F4EE-A51F-44E1-B66C-4498FA029C6F@bsdimp.com> References: <201603210551.u2L5pL1X037311@repo.freebsd.org> <20160321203528.GC1254@FreeBSD.org> <4D26F4EE-A51F-44E1-B66C-4498FA029C6F@bsdimp.com>
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On 21 March 2016 at 13:52, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > >> On Mar 21, 2016, at 2:35 PM, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 05:51:21AM +0000, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> A> Author: adrian >> A> Date: Mon Mar 21 05:51:21 2016 >> A> New Revision: 297136 >> A> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/297136 >> A> >> A> Log: >> A> Remove from NOTES - it's built as a module now. >> >> You are doing wrong. A driver must be buildable as a module and >> statically as well. >> >> It is legitimate to remove from GENERIC, but not from NOTES. > > In private conversations with Adrian, he indicated that he=E2=80=99s abou= t to > reorganize this driver substantially. He=E2=80=99ll make sure it works du= ring the > record period as a module, but can=E2=80=99t guarantee he won=E2=80=99t b= reak building > it into the kernel. So he took it out from here so that the LINT build > doesn=E2=80=99t break. He intends to reconnect it once he=E2=80=99s done = with the > rearrangement. +1 here. rtwn and urtwn are effectively the same family but with a different DMA front-end, so I'd like to take a stab at unifying all of that. Otherwise adding 11ac drivers in that family will just be annoyingly duplicate-y. -adrian
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