From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4139B2F80 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:10:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5289661AFC; Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:10:25 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1629101425; bh=Q2rTcpbGoDYXSqrTZIPCkTl7PTdnF+8YLs/LK9+nyP4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=vbLiHjOnN9GRqjt1sBayuoYp17GjUWH0LWpDcs0O6gjxcUem0XscP6MkHhBEwDR0E gHAu1iRxWM2cr1odd8cu1kcvwzQYnxLIb5o1w/lDMpa/pagztWSE+JZP8rVRMCqPfY 4VW1C5xcHpnblD+NUA3Uure/Tv5qo/gcPCjDRn/M= Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:10:23 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Cai Huoqing Cc: dan.carpenter@oracle.com, yangyingliang@huawei.com, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: Remove the dependency on ipx.h Message-ID: References: <20210816075406.938-1-caihuoqing@baidu.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210816075406.938-1-caihuoqing@baidu.com> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 03:54:06PM +0800, Cai Huoqing wrote: > commit <47595e32869f> ("") > indicated the ipx network layer as obsolete in Jan 2018, > updated in the MAINTAINERS file > > now, after being exposed for 3 years to refactoring, > so to remove the dependency on ipx.h > > Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing > --- > drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_br_ext.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) See: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210816073450.668993-2-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org for a different approach to this. thanks, greg k-h