| Message ID | 20160418190739.bea7c781e2bd35beb7a748f7@gmx.com |
|---|---|
| State | Awaiting Upstream, archived |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
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On Monday, April 18, 2016 07:07:39 PM Lauri Kasanen wrote: > The previous text was confusing, leading readers to think this > driver was a duplicate, and so didn't need to be enabled. > > After the removal of the older staging driver, this is the only > driver in mainline for these devices. > > Signed-off-by: Lauri Kasanen <cand@gmx.com> > --- > v3: Remove all firmware mentions. > > drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig | 8 +------- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig > index 1a796e5..ca1ae09 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig > @@ -5,13 +5,7 @@ config CARL9170 > select FW_LOADER > select CRC32 > help > - This is another driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. > - > - This driver provides more features than the original, > - but it needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw) to do that. > - > - The firmware can be downloaded from our wiki here: > - <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170> Please do keep the wiki link.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig index 1a796e5..ca1ae09 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig @@ -5,13 +5,7 @@ config CARL9170 select FW_LOADER select CRC32 help - This is another driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. - - This driver provides more features than the original, - but it needs a special firmware (carl9170-1.fw) to do that. - - The firmware can be downloaded from our wiki here: - <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/carl9170> + This is the mainline driver for the Atheros "otus" 802.11n USB devices. If you choose to build a module, it'll be called carl9170.
The previous text was confusing, leading readers to think this driver was a duplicate, and so didn't need to be enabled. After the removal of the older staging driver, this is the only driver in mainline for these devices. Signed-off-by: Lauri Kasanen <cand@gmx.com> --- v3: Remove all firmware mentions. drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)