From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>,
Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@intel.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:08:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874ji7w45r.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231023131953.2876682-1-arnd@kernel.org> (Arnd Bergmann's message of "Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:19:42 +0200")
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, to give
> them the maximum amount of time for users to speak up before a release
> comes out.
>
> This kills off all pcmcia wifi drivers, and all wext users in
> drivers/net/wireless, but not the ps3-gelic-wireless driver in
> drivers/net/ethernet, or the staging drivers.
>
> In staging, rtl8192u was already removed in the meantime, while rtl8712
> and rtl8192e are apparently still used. I have not been able to find
> out whether ks7010 is still in use.
>
> Arnd
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231011080955.1beeb010@kernel.org/
>
>
> Arnd Bergmann (10):
> wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support
> wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers
> wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver
> wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver
> wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver
> wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver
> wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver
> wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver
> wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver
> [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers
I manually applied these 9 to wireless-next:
4b478bf6bdd8 wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support
77e49bec6414 wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers
6853c70ba5ed wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver
d0172d5f7576 wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver
757a46c2a7a9 wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver
1535d5962d79 wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver
6b9dbaff83d6 wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver
238349207cd3 wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver
bec95598b24a wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver
I dropped this patch as we got several reports about people using the
driver:
[RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers
The patches are queued for v6.8. Arnd, thanks a lot for cleaning this
up!
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-31 9:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-23 13:19 [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 01/10] wifi: libertas: drop 16-bit PCMCIA support Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 02/10] wifi: atmel: remove wext style at76c50x drivers Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 03/10] wifi: remove orphaned cisco/aironet driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 04/10] wifi: remove obsolete hostap driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 14:36 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 05/10] wifi: remove orphaned zd1201 driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 06/10] wifi: remove orphaned orinoco driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 07/10] wifi: remove orphaned ray_cs driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 08/10] wifi: remove orphaned wl3501 driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 09/10] wifi: remove orphaned rndis_wlan driver Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 14:39 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 23:43 ` Stefan Lippers-Hollmann
2023-10-24 9:30 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 13:19 ` [PATCH 10/10] " Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 13:45 ` [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers Kalle Valo
2023-10-23 14:10 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-23 14:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-30 7:19 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-10-30 10:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-30 16:55 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-31 9:08 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
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