From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: arnd@kernel.org, alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com,
quic_jjohnson@quicinc.com, arnd@arndb.de, stf_xl@wp.pl,
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Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Remove obsolete and orphaned wifi drivers
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 18:55:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87cywwvyli.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231030071922.233080-1-glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> (John Paul Adrian Glaubitz's message of "Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:19:22 +0100")
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> writes:
> There is some non-x86 hardware like the Amiga that still uses
> PCMCIA-style networking cards on machines like the A600 and A1200. So,
> unless these drivers are actually causing problems, I would rather not
> see them go yet.
There is a cost maintaining these drivers so I would like to see more
information in the report, at least:
* exact driver and hardware used
* last kernel version tested
* kernel log messages from a successful case
Here's a good example:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20231024014302.0a0b79b0@mir/
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-30 16:56 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 [this message]
2023-10-31 9:08 ` Kalle Valo
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