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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 751d803..91bffc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,13 @@ static int ath9k_reg_notifier(struct wiphy *wiphy,
return ath_reg_notifier_apply(wiphy, request, reg);
}
-static int ath_init(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc)
+/*
+ * Initialize and fill ath_softc, ath_sofct is the
+ * "Software Carrier" struct. Historically it has existed
+ * to allow the separation between hardware specific
+ * variables (now in ath_hw) and driver specific variables.
+ */
+static int ath_init_softc(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc)
{
struct ath_hw *ah = NULL;
int r = 0, i;
@@ -1558,7 +1564,8 @@ void ath_set_hw_capab(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
&sc->sbands[IEEE80211_BAND_5GHZ];
}
-int ath_attach(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc)
+/* Device driver core initialization */
+int ath_init_device(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc)
{
struct ieee80211_hw *hw = sc->hw;
int error = 0, i;
@@ -1566,7 +1573,7 @@ int ath_attach(u16 devid, struct ath_softc *sc)
DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DBG_CONFIG, "Attach ATH hw\n");
- error = ath_init(devid, sc);
+ error = ath_init_softc(devid, sc);
if (error != 0)
return error;
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