From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A174AC0032E for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 22:48:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229709AbjJYWs0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:48:26 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45306 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229573AbjJYWsZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:48:25 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-x52d.google.com (mail-ed1-x52d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::52d]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12F72DC; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:48:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ed1-x52d.google.com with SMTP id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-52f1ece3a76so75650a12.0; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:48:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1698274101; x=1698878901; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=h1Wtmp4jaolI15oZgo//tqFOl12QGRnI6l3LLvFOdIo=; b=U83LbeJsPMbNS/WRwMi+2qBbGCZ4iQ5H96JZbz4sKNsitHkFQwPHuo96qM+NTzkxg/ 2AZaFMm0RUXWpbPpRKN2rI7WA5kdlRPdb9Yq402gnLRSuBFlVm6z4QmFKSZhew4G/Cqn RKbFGRFDiU0s5KPgi4+3UeQENDpfn3o7HBlOZvb0fiJcV3w/FURa3qS5ai/q4i2ELQnt kRd9WdKfL/90CndpwIpoXfEoJlKOJYva3WQ6fWpcdyNOEEVRx80orwJao7AHUhJ7E2ux 1TBWjtD52HNeClUq8ZrvIEWjDJDmPsC4Po32f9m4EOkyNUK+z/rIgojLsZ18zWRPKqD6 7Zsw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1698274101; x=1698878901; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:references:cc:to :content-language:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=h1Wtmp4jaolI15oZgo//tqFOl12QGRnI6l3LLvFOdIo=; b=cEgmk4OJTW2qWUbt+mC4KsItOppCltNxJXav55yvWTsypj5IUW0GqVuELTNneOptWo 5RTndxjAHcDRrrdJ/N/tL7XgL6VdECVgDImw5iSuu2P0atZsvU3LF+6+P32KKjXYN+TB 8m337+5pZHFzN8WSTDIiwrFy3GsxHEVR47JlleEBlAJZXU32F4h/GzzMxgqRbICADtt9 HZUk8Ki4y4fO4mqMSPxxNc91iFSeEoz8IeCfSb1s7DgMnxjbqH/VZ3bDW0bHwFFCX+O5 zYs/dBRxCLgmj9YkdZaE+IZVhLssVVZ36BWCLPN6c3+O7Nt+6LXx+yy3bJYkrfJl/6Sj SG2w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yxh6v8s0wjWQNl3UJikJQDRiIXOV8qhKBPAnD5SZd2s9h2GNmAW rgyBI/8GUgmuRbRDrejKi+M= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGZysA7t84XKVRzSA8XE25oFrQWSh3/UAeHsseDmefuOjgMHv8S1Go5CrpHtdDA4m4jNf1AlA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:21b:b0:9ce:c4f4:5f97 with SMTP id 27-20020a170906021b00b009cec4f45f97mr243735ejd.1.1698274100762; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:48:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.103] (p579356c7.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [87.147.86.199]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 26-20020a170906011a00b009ae69c303aasm10545728eje.137.2023.10.25.15.48.19 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:48:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:48:18 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers Content-Language: en-US To: Witold Baryluk , arnd@kernel.org Cc: Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com, arnd@arndb.de, claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev, davem@davemloft.net, geert@linux-m68k.org, geoff@infradead.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, gregory.greenman@intel.com, ilw@linux.intel.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net, kuba@kernel.org, kvalo@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, nicolas.ferre@microchip.com, pavel@ucw.cz, quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com, stas.yakovlev@gmail.com, stf_xl@wp.pl References: From: Philipp Hortmann In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org On 10/26/23 00:27, Witold Baryluk wrote: > I might be interested in modernizing the driver, but I have no idea how > much effort it would be (in terms of changed fraction of code). 20k LOC > is neither small or big, and not obvious (a lot of it would be > unchanged), if it is a week of work, or months of work. Hi Witold, I am trying to do this with rtl8192e. One possibility is to take the following patch series as a starting point: https://yhbt.net/lore/all/1414604649-9105-1-git-send-email-tvboxspy@gmail.com/ For me as a beginner and hobbyist this is a huge task. I am happy when I can finish it until next summer. In case of questions feel free to ask. Bye Philipp