Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192u: Remove broken driver

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 07:33:49AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 14.10.23 23:10, Philipp Hortmann wrote:
> > Tests on rtl8192u hardware have shown that this driver is broken since
> > 2016. Remove broken driver. Find fix for two bugs in second link.
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/db98d9ac-7650-4a72-8eb9-4def1f17ea0d@app.fastmail.com/
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1697089416.git.philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com/
> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > V2: Added 2x links and adapted description.
> > 
> > Did not find any artifacts of rtl8192u in MAINTAINERS.
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/Kconfig                       |    2 -
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/Kconfig              |   12 -
> > [...]
> 
> My daily linux-next builds for Fedora (based on Fedora rawhide config)
> failed today with this error msg:
> 
> """
> + /usr/bin/make -s 'HOSTCFLAGS=-O2  -fexceptions -g
> -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security
> -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int
> -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS
> -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -fstack-protector-strong
> -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -m64 -mcpu=power8
> -mtune=power8 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection '
> 'HOSTLDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed  -Wl,-z,now
> -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld
> -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1  -Wl,--build-id=sha1
> -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-package-notes ' -j2 mrproper
> scripts/Makefile.clean:12: drivers/staging/rtl8192u/Makefile: No such
> file or directory
> make[5]: *** No rule to make target 'drivers/staging/rtl8192u/Makefile'.
>  Stop.
> make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.clean:61: drivers/staging/rtl8192u] Error 2
> make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.clean:61: drivers/staging] Error 2
> make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.clean:61: drivers] Error 2
> make[1]: ***
> [/builddir/build/BUILD/kernel-next-20231017/linux-6.6.0-0.0.next.20231017.447.vanilla.fc40.ppc64le/Makefile:1920:
> _clean_.] Error 2
> make: *** [Makefile:236: __sub-make] Error 2
> error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.TJDlJV (%build)
> """
> 
> Full log:
> https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@kernel-vanilla/next/fedora-rawhide-ppc64le/06536998-next-next-all/builder-live.log.gz
> 
> Made me wonder if this patch left something behind; a quick grep showed
> something suspicious in drivers/staging/Makefile:
> """
> obj-$(CONFIG_RTL8192U)		+= rtl8192u/
> """

If you did 'make oldconfig' the option should have been removed and then
this line wouldn't have triggered, right?  Odd, but I'll go drop this
entry as well.

thanks,

greg k-h