[PATCH] wifi: mt76: un-embedd netdev from mt76_dev

[Kalle Valo]

Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org> writes:

> Hello Kalle,
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 12:03:49PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
>> Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org> writes:
>> 
>> > Embedding net_device into structures prohibits the usage of flexible
>> > arrays in the net_device structure. For more details, see the discussion
>> > at [1].
>> >
>> > Un-embed the net_devices from struct mt76_dev by converting them
>> > into pointers, and allocating them dynamically. Use the leverage
>> > alloc_netdev_dummy() to allocate the net_device object at
>> > mt76_dma_init().
>> >
>> > The free of the device occurs at mt76_dma_cleanup().
>> >
>> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240229225910.79e224cf@kernel.org/ [1]
>> > Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao at debian.org>
>> > ---
>> >
>> > PS: Due to the lack of hardware, this patch was not tested on a real
>> > hardware, unfortunately.
>> >
>> > PS2: this is the last driver that is still using embedded netdevices.
>> 
>> Is this patch a dependency to other patches? I'm asking because it will
>> be _slow_ to get this patch to net-next via wireless trees. If there's
>> urgency then it's much better to take it directly to net-next (of course
>> with acks from Felix and Lorenzo).
>
> Since this is the last patch for the whole flexible netdev work, I would
> prefer to have it through net-next then, so, we finish the whole work
> sooner rather than later.

Ok, even though I hate dealing with conflicts between trees I still
think it's better to get this directly to net-next. I hate "hurry up!"
emails even more ;)

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