From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de>
Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@tuxon.dev>,
Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com>,
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Stanislaw Gruszka <stf_xl@wp.pl>,
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Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
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Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@gmail.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
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Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
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Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:30:29 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875y2wz7t6.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231024014302.0a0b79b0@mir> (Stefan Lippers-Hollmann's message of "Tue, 24 Oct 2023 01:43:02 +0200")
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de> writes:
> On 2023-10-23, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>>
>> These two drivers were used for the earliest "Centrino" branded Intel
>> laptops during the late 32-bit Pentium-M era, roughly 2003 to 2005, which
>> probably makes it the most modern platform that still uses the wireless
>> extension interface instead of cfg80211. Unlike the other drivers that
>> are suggested for removal, this one is still officially maintained.
>>
>> According to Johannes Berg, there was an effort to finish the move away
>> from wext in the past, but the last evidence of this that I could find
>> is from commit a3caa99e6c68f ("libipw: initiate cfg80211 API conversion
>> (v2)") in 2009.
>>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87fs2fgals.fsf@kernel.org/
>> Cc: Stanislav Yakovlev <stas.yakovlev@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Linux Wireless <ilw@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>> ---
>> I'm not convinced this should be in the same set of drivers as the
>> rest, since this is clearly less obsolete than the other hardware
>> that I would remove support for.
>
> These have indeed been very common back in the day, I'm still using
> a 2003-vintage 1.5 GHz Pentium-M 'Banias' Acer Travelmate 292LMi
> notebook using ipw2200 (and have two spare ipw2200 mini-PCI cards).
> Works still fine using v6.5.8-rc1 and WPA2PSK/ CCMP (sadly it does
> not do WPA3) and I do use it semi-regularly (running the latest
> stable- or stable-rc kernel of the day).
>
> While it would be nice to replace it with an ath5k based card (to
> get WPA3 support), the card isn't that easy to reach in the notebook,
> so it would be sad to see this go.
Wow, I'm very surprised that ipw2200 still works after 20 years. Thanks
for the report, I think it's best that we still keep the ipw2x00 driver
in the kernel.
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-24 9:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ 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 [this message]
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
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-10-25 22:27 [PATCH 10/10] [RFC] wifi: remove ipw2100/ipw2200 drivers Witold Baryluk
2023-10-25 22:48 ` Philipp Hortmann
2023-10-26 9:49 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-26 9:51 ` Johannes Berg
2023-10-26 9:41 ` Kalle Valo
2023-10-27 7:07 ` Greg KH
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