From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E174D10964 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="IIWebl7J" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D4C1BC433C7; Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:55:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1698684960; bh=7+7vRhXHb5QjQwut8OzZIttdLSOWtUI77jnd6XpGSc4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=IIWebl7JgzJnu8OG5ttQkIo9V8/m9IvZLf/StWmZgBfxWD9jeT/YVvjLlXZfhgH5s kcR75Po7P1yB1jcFGhWlpFs8RJPPacFX/rmewlstO3kP0siwx/qbB4jQOiFti4A1q9 mj5sFcZTYPJdkXJUR9RzanWW8/4aH1Fc89jjzSPAm5qL82K+88AKpP6KzuaKfvZF0p LBDvpLeLTlGahSrdM2KKfAxUYXzDb7pveOMwWUA6aCOvlx/g0jv+JMIR1jXkjoiXF4 biqdLLSyukbxjK+7wnxw9qisV1bQJWTmHVyChAGrn3htbVw+xF9A9w2OD9yjg+4PBH AtbosC34rrQWA== From: Kalle Valo To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz Cc: arnd@kernel.org, Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, arnd@arndb.de, claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev, davem@davemloft.net, geert@linux-m68k.org, geoff@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, gregory.greenman@intel.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net, kuba@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, nicolas.ferre@microchip.com, pavel@ucw.cz, quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com, stf_xl@wp.pl Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers References: <20231023131953.2876682-1-arnd@kernel.org> <20231030071922.233080-1-glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:55:53 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20231030071922.233080-1-glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> (John Paul Adrian Glaubitz's message of "Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:19:22 +0100") Message-ID: <87cywwvyli.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain John Paul Adrian Glaubitz writes: > There is some non-x86 hardware like the Amiga that still uses > PCMCIA-style networking cards on machines like the A600 and A1200. So, > unless these drivers are actually causing problems, I would rather not > see them go yet. There is a cost maintaining these drivers so I would like to see more information in the report, at least: * exact driver and hardware used * last kernel version tested * kernel log messages from a successful case Here's a good example: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20231024014302.0a0b79b0@mir/ -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches