Unset CONFIG_P80211

[Stefan Bader]

Tim Gardner wrote:
> Stefan Bader wrote:
>> Tim Gardner wrote:
>>> Karl Relton wrote:
>>>> In the Jaunty kernel configs, CONFIG_P80211 can now be un-set.
>>>>
>>>> This config enables the p80211 module in the Ubuntu sauce, which used to
>>>> be a prerequisite of the prism2_usb module in the Ubuntu sauce.
>>>>
>>>> Both of these are now superseeded by the new prism2_usb module in
>>>> mainline (that has its own p80211 code compiled in). The Jaunty configs
>>>> unset the old prism2_usb, but have forgot to unset the old p80211, so it
>>>> gets compiled and installed unnecessarily.
>>>>
>>>> Going forward (Jaunty+1), I guess the Ubuntu sauce for these can be
>>>> dispensed with altogether.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Well, that is interesting. Even though CONFIG_STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD=y,
>>> drivers/staging/wlan-ng still gets built. I suspect it is because it
>>> uses the same config option CONFIG_PRISM2_USB. This is _not_ what I
>>> intended, but it is what it is now (and will be for the released
>>> kernel). I guess if its working, then we ought to prefer the staging
>>> driver over the one in ubuntu/misc/wireless/prism2_usb.
>>>
>>> Stefan - I think you should consider completely removing the
>>> ubuntu/misc/wireless/prism2_usb and ubuntu/misc/wireless/p80211
>>> directories in order to avoid future confusion. They are already gone in
>>> Karmic.
>>>
>> The question is how well old and new are working. It seems currently the
>> one in ubuntu/ is used. Removing everything will change it to use the
>> kernel driver and if that acts differently we have one more regression.
>> So if things are working for now, even if not perfectly I would tend to
>> leave it the way it is.
>>
>> Stefan
> 
> That sounds reasonable to me. Perhaps we should change the config option
>  in drivers/staging/wlan-ng so that it doesn't get built, thereby
> reducing opportunities for confusion.
> 
> rtg

Yes, that makes sense, so nobody stumbles over duplicate drivers.
Noted on my todo.


Stefan

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