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Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
1. Introduction
    1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
	 Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device Driver
    1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
	 Author:  Tim Chen
    1.3  Date of This Document:
	02 March, 2009
4. Technical Description
    See the case directory for more detail

6. Resources and Schedule
    6.4. Steering Committee requested information
   	6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
		ON
    6.5. ARC review type: Automatic
    6.6. ARC Exposure: open


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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:29:00 +0800
From: Cecilia Hu <Cecilia.Hu@Sun.COM>
Subject: PSARC 2009/143 Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device Driver
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I am sponsoring this case for Tim Chen.  It is to provide a new
wireless(IEEE802.11b) driver, atu(7D), for Atmel AT76C50x USB card.
The requested release binding is micro/patch.

The architecture and interface of it are clear enough to be a self
review, so the case is marked as "closed approved automatic".

-Cecilia




1. Introduction
   1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
        Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device Driver
   1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
        Author:  Tim Chen
   1.3  Date of This Document:
        2 Mar, 2009

4. Technical Description

   4.1 Details
   This case is to support Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless
   devices through providing atu(7D) driver, which is based on gldv3,
   mac_wifi plugin, and net80211 kernel module.

   The vendor ID and product ID of the chips supported by this
   driver is:
       usb1915,2233

   This driver supports Brussels, Suspend/Resume, and Fast Reboot.

+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
|          NAME          |    STABILITY LABEL    |  DESCRIPTION   |
+------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+
|          Interfaces Exported                                    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| atu                    | Committed             | Driver name    |
|------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
| SUNWatu                | Committed             | Package name   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
|          Interfaces Imported                                    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Gldv3/Nemo             | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2004/571 |
|                        |                       | PSARC/2005/396 |
|------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
| Mac_wifi plugin        | Consoladation Private | PSARC/2006/406 |
|------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
| net80211 kernel module | Consoladation Private | PSARC/2006/406 |
|------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
| Brussels               | Committed             | PSARC/2007/429 |
|------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
| Fast Reboot            | Committed             | PSARC/2008/382 |
|------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|

6. Resources and Schedule
   6.4. Steering Committee requested information
      6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
        ON
      6.4.4. Project Boundary Conditions:
        No sparc version for this driver, for net80211 kernel
        module exists on x86 platform only.
   6.5. ARC review type:
    Self approval

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From: James Carlson <james.d.carlson@sun.com>
Subject: Re: PSARC 2009/143 Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device
 Driver
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Cecilia Hu writes:
> I am sponsoring this case for Tim Chen.  It is to provide a new
> wireless(IEEE802.11b) driver, atu(7D), for Atmel AT76C50x USB card.
> The requested release binding is micro/patch.

+1

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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:31:02 -0800
From: "Garrett D'Amore" <gdamore@sun.com>
Subject: Re: PSARC 2009/143 Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device
 Driver
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+1

Cecilia Hu wrote:
> I am sponsoring this case for Tim Chen.  It is to provide a new
> wireless(IEEE802.11b) driver, atu(7D), for Atmel AT76C50x USB card.
> The requested release binding is micro/patch.
>
> The architecture and interface of it are clear enough to be a self
> review, so the case is marked as "closed approved automatic".
>
> -Cecilia
>
>
>
>
> 1. Introduction
>   1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>        Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device Driver
>   1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>        Author:  Tim Chen
>   1.3  Date of This Document:
>        2 Mar, 2009
>
> 4. Technical Description
>
>   4.1 Details
>   This case is to support Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b wireless
>   devices through providing atu(7D) driver, which is based on gldv3,
>   mac_wifi plugin, and net80211 kernel module.
>
>   The vendor ID and product ID of the chips supported by this
>   driver is:
>       usb1915,2233
>
>   This driver supports Brussels, Suspend/Resume, and Fast Reboot.
>
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
> |          NAME          |    STABILITY LABEL    |  DESCRIPTION   |
> +------------------------+-----------------------+----------------+
> |          Interfaces Exported                                    |
> |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
> | atu                    | Committed             | Driver name    |
> |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
> | SUNWatu                | Committed             | Package name   |
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
> |          Interfaces Imported                                    |
> |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
> | Gldv3/Nemo             | Consolidation Private | PSARC/2004/571 |
> |                        |                       | PSARC/2005/396 |
> |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
> | Mac_wifi plugin        | Consoladation Private | PSARC/2006/406 |
> |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
> | net80211 kernel module | Consoladation Private | PSARC/2006/406 |
> |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
> | Brussels               | Committed             | PSARC/2007/429 |
> |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
> | Fast Reboot            | Committed             | PSARC/2008/382 |
> |------------------------+-----------------------+----------------|
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
>   6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>      6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>        ON
>      6.4.4. Project Boundary Conditions:
>        No sparc version for this driver, for net80211 kernel
>        module exists on x86 platform only.
>   6.5. ARC review type:
>    Self approval


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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:32:35 -0800
From: Artem Kachitchkine <Artem.Kachitchkin@Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: PSARC 2009/143 Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device
 Driver
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On 03/02/09 03:29, Cecilia Hu wrote:
> I am sponsoring this case for Tim Chen.  It is to provide a new
> wireless(IEEE802.11b) driver, atu(7D), for Atmel AT76C50x USB card.

I'd be the last to complain about naming, so let me start by saying: +1 
on the case. But a note for the future: we've tried to name USB drivers 
with names starting with "usb" or at least "u", though I guess that line 
has faded since rum(7D) and zyd(7D).

-Artem

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Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:37:50 -0800
From: "Garrett D'Amore" <gdamore@sun.com>
Subject: Re: PSARC 2009/143 Atmel AT76C50x USB IEEE 802.11b Wireless Device
 Driver
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Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
> On 03/02/09 03:29, Cecilia Hu wrote:
>> I am sponsoring this case for Tim Chen.  It is to provide a new
>> wireless(IEEE802.11b) driver, atu(7D), for Atmel AT76C50x USB card.
>
> I'd be the last to complain about naming, so let me start by saying: 
> +1 on the case. But a note for the future: we've tried to name USB 
> drivers with names starting with "usb" or at least "u", though I guess 
> that line has faded since rum(7D) and zyd(7D).
>
> -Artem

IMO, naming conventions for drivers is a doomed effort.   You wind up 
with either long names to avoid collisions in the namespace, or names 
that don't make sense.

The only thing I'll say further about it is, I would really like if 
*device drivers* (I don't care about misc/ modules) could please avoid 
using *numbers* in their names.  Names like e1000g, audiovia823x, and 
audio810 are a PITA.

I'll even go one further than that -- I'd like to suggest that 
henceforth, no driver should be allowed to integrate which uses trailing 
digits in its name (audio810 being an example).  It breaks all kinds of 
parsing and forces folks to come up with special hacks to print device 
information.  (Instead of just <driver><instance>, you have use a 
delimiting colon.)   Note that this rule already exists for NIC devices 
--  I just would like to see it expanded to all other devices.

    -- Garrett

