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Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 16:33:08 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
	Phillip Potter <phil@philpotter.co.uk>,
	"open list:STAGING SUBSYSTEM" <linux-staging@lists.linux.dev>,
	open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Michael Straube <straube.linux@gmail.com>,
	Martin Kaiser <martin@kaiser.cx>
Subject: Re: TODO list for staging/r8188eu
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On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 03:50:14PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> On Sunday, August 22, 2021 2:36:57 PM CEST Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 22, 2021 at 09:41:20AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > > Dear Larry, Philip,
> > > 
> > > >From what I understand how the development process works, drivers in 
> staging
> > > 
> > > should have a to-do list in the TODO file. Please read https://
> www.kernel.org/
> > > doc/html/latest/process/2.Process.html?highlight=todo#staging-trees.
> > > 
> > > Could you (as the maintainers of the r8188eu driver) please compile and
> > > provide the above mentioned list?
> > 
> > Why don't you provide an initial list for people to work off of if you
> > feel it is needed here?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Unfortunately I'm not able to tell what is needed to do to have a driver 
> improved so that it can be moved off staging. This work should be better 
> addressed by someone who is much more experienced.
> 
> For example, I read from other drivers TODO lists that cfg80211 and lib80211 
> are required but I don't know what they are.

Those are two things that are also required here as well, like all
in-kernel wifi drivers.