Re: rtl8821ae.

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Tue Feb 04 2014 - 13:00:28 EST


On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Right now I have merged rtl8187se support in rtl8180 driver. But I must
> admit that I ever been in doubt about whether to produce a separate driver
> rather than going on merging.

If you've already merged them, and you think it works, keep it that way.

I was just saying that merging drivers isn't necessarily always the
right thing to do, and can be painful as hell.

Linus
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