From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>, Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
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Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@gmail.com>,
Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:39:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87il6xz9m9.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231023131953.2876682-11-arnd@kernel.org> (Arnd Bergmann's message of "Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:19:52 +0200")
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> These two drivers were used for the earliest "Centrino" branded Intel
> laptops during the late 32-bit Pentium-M era, roughly 2003 to 2005, which
> probably makes it the most modern platform that still uses the wireless
> extension interface instead of cfg80211. Unlike the other drivers that
> are suggested for removal, this one is still officially maintained.
>
> According to Johannes Berg, there was an effort to finish the move away
> from wext in the past, but the last evidence of this that I could find
> is from commit a3caa99e6c68f ("libipw: initiate cfg80211 API conversion
> (v2)") in 2009.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87fs2fgals.fsf@kernel.org/
> Cc: Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@gmail.com>
> Cc: Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> I'm not convinced this should be in the same set of drivers as the
> rest, since this is clearly less obsolete than the other hardware
> that I would remove support for.
I am inclined to remove this one as well, it's just so old.
This patch didn't make it to the list, I guess it was too big. But it's
available from the pending branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/commit/?h=pending&id=81ba6b51c3a640b277274701407bbf557f12edac
--
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https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>,
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@intel.com>,
Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@gmail.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:39:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87il6xz9m9.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231023131953.2876682-11-arnd@kernel.org> (Arnd Bergmann's message of "Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:19:52 +0200")
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> These two drivers were used for the earliest "Centrino" branded Intel
> laptops during the late 32-bit Pentium-M era, roughly 2003 to 2005, which
> probably makes it the most modern platform that still uses the wireless
> extension interface instead of cfg80211. Unlike the other drivers that
> are suggested for removal, this one is still officially maintained.
>
> According to Johannes Berg, there was an effort to finish the move away
> from wext in the past, but the last evidence of this that I could find
> is from commit a3caa99e6c68f ("libipw: initiate cfg80211 API conversion
> (v2)") in 2009.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87fs2fgals.fsf@kernel.org/
> Cc: Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@gmail.com>
> Cc: Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> I'm not convinced this should be in the same set of drivers as the
> rest, since this is clearly less obsolete than the other hardware
> that I would remove support for.
I am inclined to remove this one as well, it's just so old.
This patch didn't make it to the list, I guess it was too big. But it's
available from the pending branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/commit/?h=pending&id=81ba6b51c3a640b277274701407bbf557f12edac
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>,
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@intel.com>,
Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@gmail.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:39:10 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87il6xz9m9.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231023131953.2876682-11-arnd@kernel.org> (Arnd Bergmann's message of "Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:19:52 +0200")
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> These two drivers were used for the earliest "Centrino" branded Intel
> laptops during the late 32-bit Pentium-M era, roughly 2003 to 2005, which
> probably makes it the most modern platform that still uses the wireless
> extension interface instead of cfg80211. Unlike the other drivers that
> are suggested for removal, this one is still officially maintained.
>
> According to Johannes Berg, there was an effort to finish the move away
> from wext in the past, but the last evidence of this that I could find
> is from commit a3caa99e6c68f ("libipw: initiate cfg80211 API conversion
> (v2)") in 2009.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87fs2fgals.fsf@kernel.org/
> Cc: Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@gmail.com>
> Cc: Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> I'm not convinced this should be in the same set of drivers as the
> rest, since this is clearly less obsolete than the other hardware
> that I would remove support for.
I am inclined to remove this one as well, it's just so old.
This patch didn't make it to the list, I guess it was too big. But it's
available from the pending branch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/commit/?h=pending&id=81ba6b51c3a640b277274701407bbf557f12edac
--
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https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-23 13:19 [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 01/10] wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 02/10] wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 03/10] wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 04/10] wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 14:36 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 14:36 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 14:36 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 05/10] wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 06/10] wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 07/10] wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 08/10] wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 09/10] wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 14:39 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2023-10-23 14:39 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 14:39 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 19:40 ` Frank Schäfer
2023-10-23 23:43 ` Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
2023-10-23 23:43 ` Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
2023-10-23 23:43 ` Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
2023-10-24 9:30 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-24 9:30 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-24 9:30 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 10/10] " Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-26 10:49 ` kernel test robot
2023-10-23 13:45 ` [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 13:45 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 13:45 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 14:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 14:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 14:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 14:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 14:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 14:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-30 7:19 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-10-30 7:19 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-10-30 7:19 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-10-30 10:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-30 10:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-30 10:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-30 16:55 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-30 16:55 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-30 16:55 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-31 9:08 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-31 9:08 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-31 9:08 ` Kalle Valo
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-10-25 22:27 [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers Witold Baryluk
2023-10-25 22:27 ` Witold Baryluk
2023-10-25 22:48 ` Philipp Hortmann
2023-10-25 22:48 ` Philipp Hortmann
2023-10-25 22:48 ` Philipp Hortmann
2023-10-26 9:49 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-26 9:49 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-26 9:49 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-26 9:51 ` Johannes Berg
2023-10-26 9:51 ` Johannes Berg
2023-10-26 9:51 ` Johannes Berg
2023-10-26 9:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-26 9:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-26 9:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-27 7:07 ` Greg KH
2023-10-27 7:07 ` Greg KH
2023-10-27 7:07 ` Greg KH
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