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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:57:58 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.11.0-alpha0-251-g8332da0bf6-fm-20240305.001-g8332da0b Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <35b27047-4e5f-4e22-ab7e-cd5ee983a232@app.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6dc14151-e71e-4118-826d-3ca5c8ee907f@gmail.com> References: <6dc14151-e71e-4118-826d-3ca5c8ee907f@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:57:38 +0100 From: "Arnd Bergmann" To: "Philipp Hortmann" , "Greg Kroah-Hartman" , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: "Larry Finger" , "Johannes Berg" , "Kalle Valo" Subject: Re: [RFC] staging: wlan-ng: Driver broken since kernel 5.15 Content-Type: text/plain On Sat, Mar 9, 2024, at 23:09, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > Hi, > > I would remove the driver from the mainline kernel. What are your thoughts? > > I bought two WLAN devices (DUT: D-Link DWL-122 and T-Sinus 111 data) > that are supported by wlan-ng driver. Issue is that the driver is not > working anymore. I don't think it matters much either way. I did send the patches to remove wlan drivers that were either using the old pcmcia interfaces or the old wireless extensions that I think we should try to eventually kill off entirely, but this driver uses neither of them and as a result has a lower maintenance cost. On the other hand, there is also little benefit in keeping the driver if it's known to be broken, given how better USB wireless adapters are dirt cheap and widely available. Even if we find and fix all the bugs in this driver, any supported 802.11n device would be better in practice. Arnd