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[84.160.113.44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a640c23a62f3a-a994ada19fcsm270665266b.183.2024.10.07.14.32.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:32:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 23:32:25 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] staging: rtl8192e: delete the driver To: Johannes Berg , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, Johannes Berg References: <20241007182706.66888-8-johannes@sipsolutions.net> <20241007202707.d0e59cdd2cdc.I8e4d74a6e1d09eefe1f5e2e208735ba2ccef1d4f@changeid> Content-Language: en-US From: Philipp Hortmann In-Reply-To: <20241007202707.d0e59cdd2cdc.I8e4d74a6e1d09eefe1f5e2e208735ba2ccef1d4f@changeid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 10/7/24 20:26, Johannes Berg wrote: > From: Johannes Berg > > This driver is using lib80211 and any driver that plans to ever > leave staging should never have done that, so remove the driver > to enable cleaning up lib80211 into libipw inside the old Intel > drivers. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg > --- Hi Johannes, this driver is not only working, it is also supporting a form factor that is usable and is available on the used hardware market. Is it possible to migrate the driver from lib80211 to libipw? It does not have to be you who is doing this. How urgent is it to remove this driver? Thanks for your support. Bye Philipp