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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers
References: <20231023131953.2876682-1-arnd@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2023 16:45:13 +0300
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Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> As discussed previously, a lot of the older wifi drivers are likely
> entirely unused, Though we can't know for sure.
>
> As suggested by both Greg and Jakub, let's remove the ones that look
> are most likely to have no users left and also get in the way of the
> wext cleanup. If anyone is still using any of these, we can revert the
> driver removal individually.
>
> I would suggest merging these for net-next after 6.7-rc1 is out

Why net-next? I want to take these to wireless-next to avoid any
conflicts with other wireless patches.

We could take these to wireless-next after we submit the last new
features (-next) pull request to v6.7, so most likely already next week.
So if anyone has any problems with these speak up now.

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