tree af3484cd4d43c4d89fb1d597369f0df36478bfb2
parent c9b1417055cd2518e8a3b4b27e1f8e4b72821dff
author Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com> 1257439479 -0800
committer John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> 1257977351 -0500

ath9k_common: add new module to share 802.11n driver helpers

ath9k and ath9k_htc share a lot of common hardware characteristics.
They only differ in that ath9k_htc works with a target CPU and ath9k
works directly with the hardware. ath9k_htc will do *some* things in
the firmware, but a lot of others on the host.

The common 802.11n hardware code is already shared through the ath9k_hw
module. Common helpers amongst all Atheros drivers can use the ath module,
this includes ath5k and ar9170 as users. But there is some common driver
specific helpers which are not exactly hardware code which ath9k and
ath9k_htc can share. We'll be using ath9k_common for this to avoid
bloating the ath module and the common 802.11n hardware module ath9k_hw.

We start by sharing skb pre and post processing in preparation for a hand
off to mac80211.

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>