From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9BD54C001E0 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:39:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Cc:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: Date:References:Subject:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=lxmcKvtCjYl13j/b54yAi2BsZhkrXQCKvvO99u0+0FY=; b=WgzUETuIyzt+W/ RvQLxurFcJ7ot2bg9h9tJ6KrVzTSXz3lohx2pBl7E9zJqxBzNesIsGhNmhrN+KKJPAMp/uGRElDYd +ii8qqM2Ib2PamJHaNM/ald/nRJwucIVUjHOcVoeaA7mDQA6BO8eeAapK+vciDeNhfUuI91rfPLBd o/MftJWf4PJeAaXelzpJ4UrCdG/5KLhxqIPBqajWmpHMORwamtPivRVtRvFULrE+Sqporx0MzRKdx VKovVr4tKVOQGrIcjryp9mWPibaBCYUhPVh/hcQaXVSsv1k6uT2M8N4CcYaZuZclOlunKiT+d75M6 HUkmrhH/sAgBfeW0x07w==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1quw5T-007ZAl-00; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:39:23 +0000 Received: from sin.source.kernel.org ([145.40.73.55]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1quw5Q-007Z9l-0Q for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:39:21 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (transwarp.subspace.kernel.org [100.75.92.58]) by sin.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C5AFCE2577; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:39:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CCA3DC433C8; Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:39:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1698071957; bh=NIVU0lraVnY9tVfNs+nrqx9z11nCFVyyanfkCTzzArs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=iC4DU14qaPkUB3GGsIVwt86wSYTMScEqVbTjWAnhwDqWdK6OBqgsVnaE7LIhXuFo1 eC9EnqeJeeDFOk/PBqx9QVcIssVmfLiyzOAgIKSqKqGx2mkJPMack6hLUAknFZlDCg hRybi5Uz37GPsc5lxsB50ytFzSvixqE2HRhNme42zv0ANDPcMyfEtGdTbGXzXeaQOV k0+6D86vzJNPCqNvBxyPWntyFSO/hFcdldzSWWxJyegTa6oGwwmQWdXensnwM+xUu+ gkmsyhGef3CWRinnERGNTpaAW1ZOkZcN4afgn9lb4Vz74urmZGNeaVwJ7JvxYWpAiI X3tL1w87tsSsQ== From: Kalle Valo To: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers References: <20231023131953.2876682-1-arnd@kernel.org> <20231023131953.2876682-11-arnd@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:39:10 +0300 In-Reply-To: <20231023131953.2876682-11-arnd@kernel.org> (Arnd Bergmann's message of "Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:19:52 +0200") Message-ID: <87il6xz9m9.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20231023_073920_351217_0AE2BD5C X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 18.61 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Alexandre Belloni , Claudiu Beznea , Jeff Johnson , Pavel Machek , Gregory Greenman , Stanislaw Gruszka , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, Linux Wireless , Geert Uytterhoeven , Jakub Kicinski , Stanislav Yakovlev , Arnd Bergmann , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Geoff Levand , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg , linuxppc-dev , "David S . Miller" , Larry Finger Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org Arnd Bergmann writes: > From: Arnd Bergmann > > 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 > Cc: Linux Wireless > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann > --- > 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 _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel