From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-ej1-f47.google.com (mail-ej1-f47.google.com [209.85.218.47]) (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 2CE6372 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:08:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ej1-f47.google.com with SMTP id u14so12596043ejf.13 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 03:08:19 -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=jnI6ejb/F595rwEWHsmajcOOd4gHWgyU2jky3IJ0C30=; b=TLdSSv+5B4Hy/ngmtJnmRScp7DT3LJWmh73I41q4LoYLyyv2j7qH3lFwpQCM277/RY p9R/hiVUyn+Fj0nJf7zrhgFQzUfaFymQXCTmxG2l4tJxC3xTYunw8qr0OzNhkCLTfzSd PvJ+5m/NASO2pPNq2yyJHjzY1cPKEgD0hUMW9qDIa5abidHP/DXS4dOoOFSxJQS5k4sx GbElzgeZXx7jcVevBVPX9O0NKavCTQQUIm4gZ8dIbDw3EAYMa1t+UOS3PXQrPhDbEjP7 XyZNvYNQ52q3FKkt29Ga2tqdqcuwjhoKoGCxSrc73WPAJ4YN7YrqlGPAu+O/ZaTmPHzo lWag== 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=jnI6ejb/F595rwEWHsmajcOOd4gHWgyU2jky3IJ0C30=; b=aaoFiXeIa2Yu4d9ZSaBGyzsDbbC1NzheDSy5w61awW0n/ClEO1lCjlO9LpQo1yOB31 dPvKNlF/YGdivEEukh/rIx0v8Eaz2K4Sw0qmuSats4VnW+KHvDl/HHEJF/yfmZqv5n7i PYl7NZKSY++KrnSTFXQauH9jdbzxvGsFjarDajpBLEEjrztbxy+pvjOxqEUMi3xH3MGY cpqBO2dK5E+rS+ce9cWeTYedugWTEZKVWeHzoUkZTHG1A0BJMHhDpP1Rirl2hwcU9oAR R48eJRgoLV7qkkhFBHRV6scpZizc1OoZa5XvNuvdeEiuXscJV09X+CxrEcN1G8sjtu6H e6kA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532S7BckMuPfUkaJTuD5y9bAGYzYTB0XaFlVc9zX8e7o7pSkkltT KjU+LLTKVP3Rgdzo+ve2MrA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwLTi+C6z42Pg1PbWLJak2wemc2Gm2Jjj66jUN1q4ZjVZbNw7bikUw+G5Y3o4yCpp731CdFUg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:22da:: with SMTP id q26mr9146073eja.473.1630058897742; Fri, 27 Aug 2021 03:08:17 -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 x9sm2939159edj.95.2021.08.27.03.08.16 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 27 Aug 2021 03:08:17 -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, Dan Carpenter Cc: "Fabio M. De Francesco" Subject: [PATCH v3] staging: r8188eu: Provide a TODO file for this driver Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:08:13 +0200 Message-Id: <20210827100813.18610-1-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 --- v2->v3: Added a task suggested by Dan Carpenter . 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. drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 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..98f918480990 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +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. +* Fix bugs due to code that sleeps in atomic context. +* 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