From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-ej1-f48.google.com (mail-ej1-f48.google.com [209.85.218.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 731563FC0 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:03:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ej1-f48.google.com with SMTP id a25so6115232ejv.6 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 06:03:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PWlNAP4uAjjXML5Q2n9AQSabtDy+TUTfzJ5X6D2qTQc=; b=nmLJwMIYb4+Bxqi41+nhIFsTT8OfKCjsrxsuKBPjVvE0r28f8wmaDuF/H1cWJpSUxD KPqkwQShQ0qb4sWeOkWCvgdLrspjL1Q3iJKAd9tFn9RYF8TZ+quNwn9z9K5ixuK8H5nR kphe5xc9zrD5/RgOOiOcpV4wgmfEjGfrHgQN0PWwkpNc4MM5uNyhktKPZFfkNTYqfVJA zuIoOujUlxKin8PPHycwP6eYunPmF17/l/OHJJOTNgEKd5jppzFFzj9UTFgvqlxV6NP0 X+HizFIB5i1tCp26TZkZiMAMmDZv4gEJyEOkgZ9iH1yTYMKsRepouujmrKetwrvc6TPw tr0A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PWlNAP4uAjjXML5Q2n9AQSabtDy+TUTfzJ5X6D2qTQc=; b=MnK/WLojJjnVPnyLjxchYCvzuyOhixly21ycxVT7gUq1rPF7ZugjM1G8VRrvT9mt0E 92oOayV0ud4dkcZi8NJUJBE0v9SudDx7Oqrak9NDsfAfSi7L0mRXhoBhm4Fc2nRCIdVI YAlG18Tc8Vvh+OpJLDxcc1mP2EyfuAcygp80g7OA53Py/sbPjSQsiPv2oMRbgebiMJQe 7s9tr0mqG2yEbww6Mi57rlU08uPeeEsI6dheywcncfERgjh+uijAo9a0ZEDU97gXWxpJ 70T7qPYJoJbX70Jn97tY0qQXh9LPpja5uT9/LeCmCuPpRJaGqbO4a/KBEXD7RkqoFCym uKaA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533wLVLhX2tLTm+FNano7HKaIjWHrBIoEHkf4Xu2i3u4n+DD+4+o B20/2toy388qeWBRAnDaiec= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzN1S9CVoUuQAghjzLVbmPpJgODWnrSK+IyXEQsd/Gxq5BfSF2lcGux3i8vomMNAUfn2egR6g== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:3497:: with SMTP id g23mr4217118ejb.85.1629983026651; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 06:03:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (host-79-22-100-164.retail.telecomitalia.it. [79.22.100.164]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o26sm1399916eje.24.2021.08.26.06.03.44 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 26 Aug 2021 06:03:45 -0700 (PDT) From: "Fabio M. De Francesco" To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, phil@philpotter.co.uk, Fabio Aiuto , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Fabio M. De Francesco" Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: r8188eu: Provide a TODO file for this driver Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:03:42 +0200 Message-Id: <20210826130342.9552-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Provide a TODO file that lists the tasks that should be carried out in order to move this driver off drivers/staging. Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco --- v1->v2: According to reviews by Fabio Aiuto and Greg K-H , remove "[] is currently in development...", indent and properly wrap the lines, remove the unnecessary last paragraph. Thanks to Phillip Potter for for providing the first draft. drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d2f21b35fbcb --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +To-do list: + +* Correct the coding style according to Linux guidelines; please read the document + at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html. +* Remove unnecessary debugging/printing macros; for those that are still needed + use the proper kernel API (pr_debug(), dev_dbg(), netdev_dbg()). +* Remove dead code such as unusued functions, variables, fields, etc.. +* Use in-kernel API and remove unnecessary wrappers where possible. +* Remove the HAL layer and migrate its functionality into the relevant parts of + the driver. +* Switch to use LIB80211. +* Switch to use MAC80211. -- 2.32.0