Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: wireless: bcm43xx: big_buffer_sem semaphore to mutex

[Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>]

On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 01:48 +0100, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 December 2007 09:00:03 Daniel Walker wrote:
> > 
> > Signed-Off-By: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
> > 
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_debugfs.c |   30 ++++++++++++-------------
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Index: linux-2.6.23/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_debugfs.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-2.6.23.orig/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_debugfs.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.23/drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_debugfs.c
> > @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
> >  
> >  static struct bcm43xx_debugfs fs;
> >  static char really_big_buffer[REALLY_BIG_BUFFER_SIZE];
> > -static DECLARE_MUTEX(big_buffer_sem);
> > +static DEFINE_MUTEX(big_buffer_mutex);
> 
> This driver is scheduled for removal, so I'd not touch it anymore
> to avoid the possibility to introduce a lastminute regression.
> The new drivers (b43 and b43legacy) have this fixed (in a different
> way by completely removing it).

When is the removal scheduled?

Daniel

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