Re: [PATCH] staging: ks7010: Remove unneeded check in ks_wlan_get_range()

[Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>]

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Hi Philipp,

> no the driver is not removed yet. Planned to do this on the next cycle. I

Ah, this is good to know!

> did remove two others and wanted to wait some time to see if any complains
> arise. I am a bit scared.

No worries, it is okay to be rather a tad too cautios than too careless
IMO.

> Please always consider: If you do not use the driver, it does not mean that
> anybody else is also not using it.

I am very well aware of that. However, hardware is super-rare (it was
even some years ago) and it doesn't support network encryptions we
really want users to use. Risk is low. And even in the unlikely case of
someone complaining, we can revert, right?

> But may be you are right. I am a bit slow and to hesitant.

I don't think removing it next cycle is "slow". But it is good, of
course, to let people know of your plans. Like a reply to my mail saying
"OK, let's remove it next cycle" would keep me in the loop. But no harm
done, I can also ask what the status is. Like I did now. All good.

> I plan to send deletion in 3 weeks.

Perfect. You can already add my

Reviewed-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>

Thank you and happy hacking,

   Wolfram


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