[PATCH 11/15] wireless: wl1271: introduce platform device support

[Roger Quadros]

Hi,

On 07/06/2010 03:37 AM, ext Ohad Ben-Cohen wrote:
> From: Ohad Ben-Cohen<ohadb at ti.com>
>
> Introduce a platform device support which is decoupled
> from the life cycle of the sdio function.
>
> The platform device objective is to deliver board-specific
> values (like irq, ref_clock, and software card-detect
> emulation control).
>
> The driver can then dynamically create (or destroy)
> the sdio function whenever the wlan interface is
> brought up (or down), as part of the power() operation.

Is this the right approach? Why should you emulate a card disconnect event when 
the wlan interface is brought down?

Physically the card is never disconnected. So I don't see why we should fake it.
Could you please explain why you need to do this?

br,
-roger