From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: "Patrik Vácal" <patrik@vacal.dev>
Cc: <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ipw2x00 driver user here
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:58:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pm0j9os3.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8fc.6Krdh.6K7Yey8hySX.1bI}zv@seznam.cz> ("Patrik Vácal"'s message of "Wed, 08 Nov 2023 22:36:57 +0100 (CET)")
Patrik Vácal <patrik@vacal.dev> writes:
> I've just read about removing old wireless drivers in new kernel versions.
> There was also discussion about the ipw2x00 drivers.
>
> Just wanna let you know that I still use my ThinkPad x41 with ipw2200. Please don't remove the drivers from the kernel.
>
> Also in case you need to test if the drivers are working on this machine, I can test it out.
Thanks for the report. We got several reports of people using ipw2x00,
which was quite a surprise for me, and I have dropped the patch removing
the driver:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20231023131953.2876682-11-arnd@kernel.org/
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2023-11-08 21:36 ipw2x00 driver user here Patrik Vácal
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