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 09EBB1419AA for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:00:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1709042428; cv=none; b=JFQH1kfObKjZrNqghUlwwZ1bDe39T3wL97Pu8joW39FZrrQcDV2vjMr8SIKzUutv0WAFYXa2FDMoRNfQWFPiPtDfISgMhjZUZrvyW3Uqln9CY3QrCehzLlAHSU+CwJHZIRUoGkwnhPnwpeqPzv6KUs9124gpDUSo0taI7UVcrM4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1709042428; c=relaxed/simple; bh=+5MU/b/gTCliFYUQtA2HPbPTDVc69mNUa8fXu3HaBBU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=W5pCWZ3xfDjxYXBFjVxYiQVoR8V5V09jBq5m28mwdI2OcQXFMkIEMrunvuweK+SoFzdP1TAGq1GaN3mUBJcvmfEy+qQ4WzQOoXY8R5wSgTvcZ6JeQFMquel4nODo8t+1HUjPn6Wu5DQf3exM3wV+q6zUDqlJNKqmUaIYFEs8qgE= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=KVFIFE0S; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="KVFIFE0S" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 40C68C433C7; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:00:25 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1709042427; bh=+5MU/b/gTCliFYUQtA2HPbPTDVc69mNUa8fXu3HaBBU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=KVFIFE0SuTQX0LoKm4R30acFryhXI8q/JLifRho1C0eeDwVnqqPHyIiQ/GwI612AB 7f2MQNreJPBfVxi7vvvV8q/Zri7bJyWN2gAFpn0tsLGDUANXVTqYIb9OpyF0GUP/pA /cAwYDJkuXrsoFn5JsXcaoTxwE/2AKAHxYOYyNnJWafctzPd3p5tekLmyYW32oO39l hoguw/z3+ktNoF4L9EU+3xoPKGBWmuwMGcbGs06IDtwiix8eY29o//xOhprB9Ab7yg UJgf7FtryfusmdmHT1pZMJpxxWNvK0p1Y2t8UKrNF/yyuoaINC42h2oxtUafJRViON +2F2pJkqH5y5g== From: Kalle Valo To: Igor Mitsyanko Cc: Jeff Johnson , Alexis =?utf-8?Q?Lothor?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9?= , Johannes Berg , Ajay Singh , Thomas Petazzoni , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Sergey Matyukevich , kernel test robot , Claudiu Beznea , srini.raju@purelifi.com, krystal.heaton@onsemi.com Subject: Re: wireless: orphan qfnfmac and plfxlc drivers? References: <20240215-nl80211_fix_akm_suites_endianness-v1-0-57e902632f9d@bootlin.com> <02c155ff-f880-4e88-b600-9d632019729f@bootlin.com> <875xypejwt.fsf_-_@kernel.org> <871q9dej8j.fsf@kernel.org> <89bc5ff1-b049-49d1-b15a-4e01a4659c74@quicinc.com> <87le7kda2a.fsf@kernel.org> <21846c39-b5c5-482c-97be-51e36e1ebf49@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:00:23 +0200 In-Reply-To: <21846c39-b5c5-482c-97be-51e36e1ebf49@gmail.com> (Igor Mitsyanko's message of "Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:13:33 -0800") Message-ID: <87msrmj9c8.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Igor Mitsyanko writes: > On 2/16/24 01:37, Kalle Valo wrote: >> Jeff Johnson writes: >> >>> On 2/15/2024 9:21 AM, Kalle Valo wrote: >>>> : host mail.quantenna.com[50.87.249.29] said: 550 No >>>> Such User Here (in reply to RCPT TO command) >>> Apparently Quantenna was acquired by ON Semi in 2019[1], and in 2022 >>> they closed it down[2]. Seems pretty abandoned to me. >> Thanks Jeff. I do wonder is anyone even using qtnfmac and plfxlc? Maybe >> we should just delete the drivers as nobody seems to care about them? >> > (replacing imitsyanko@quantenna.com with my personal email) > > Hi Kalle, Jeff, > > that's right, Quantenna division was shutdown by ON. To my knowledge > no users of qtnfmac drivers are left after that. I would think > removing driver altogether is the right approach. I'm not associated > with ON anymore so it's just my personal opinion. > > CCing Krystal Heaton who I found on ON "contacts" web page (just in > case someone from ON wants to comment if removing qtnfmac driver from > Linux kernel is a concern). Sad news but thanks for letting us know. So unless anyone else objects the plan is to remove qtnfmac driver in the near future. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches