From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AAE1032C85; Wed, 9 Oct 2024 09:40:44 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728466845; cv=none; b=plAdSou4DO6Bl/Gj3BEd4Tb6adUYpRBefpLcoxlkRDJwYUCJ4cP8qDo+Lgzir1Z8V7u8SQhf7yLfnIY2RoBBn2pFutwe5EQWIcb3SK0UMuSQ7o0Y7SY3WmQ657/c7AbWYJUEYMCSknYttxoGFS7B2/cvuKdOPGh44rPvIosnL5w= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728466845; c=relaxed/simple; bh=E2Yu2Q/yXRle25rPYQMsPtebi0Qs8XsAc7K7IOn2byM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Y5xdvR21v4hbEYp1wlI2+iLXNZAyMDfm3kqbJqnMKosiO0dAevpT3ARnVP6jlQdn1BkofPY6IkGwP6uz5rSLT43Lcv6CZVWgL4FMjnGMw7sTBnieJFKIpdzKVi461vqZVz1WR344KBTUR1OR/C7u99r+5RuVmX0ywpXja37s9c8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=pCgKX5iQ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="pCgKX5iQ" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BA342C4CEC5; Wed, 9 Oct 2024 09:40:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1728466844; bh=E2Yu2Q/yXRle25rPYQMsPtebi0Qs8XsAc7K7IOn2byM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=pCgKX5iQmosIxLMSC5rH5IbCcokCBjd22hnyqib9Opc7/ArS6Bjkg3wMsVIlcioCR N7kGs5xyLWGD4sm9NWak1eP5Unjyy9616kjfH4omFNEBcEk30NDfZVJLeTCKWI53Vz WvjGCpySYM0u7iHsLx3k9MCoWgVZNTarVkVGn/4c= Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 11:40:40 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Philipp Hortmann Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tommaso Merciai , Richard Meek , Larry Finger , Xingquan Liu , Dominik Karol =?utf-8?Q?Pi=C4=85tkowski?= , Dan Carpenter , Pavan Bobba , Malcolm Priestley , Joe Perches Subject: Re: [RFC] staging: vt6655: Proposal to delete driver vt6655_stage Message-ID: <2024100923-player-directive-ffa8@gregkh> References: <718c0476-c4bc-4a72-a1e4-483697c7eff2@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <718c0476-c4bc-4a72-a1e4-483697c7eff2@gmail.com> On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 10:09:02AM +0200, Philipp Hortmann wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > Forest Bond contributed this driver in 2009. > > The following points let me propose to delete the driver: > - This driver generates maintenance workload > - This driver has a maximum 54MBit/s as it supports only 802.11 b/g. Peak > throughput is 3MBytes/s but this lasts only for a second. Typically > throughput is 1.7MBytes/s. > - Depending on the number of devices on the channel the device looses > connection and cannot reconnect for 5-60 seconds. Watching a youtube video > is OK because of the buffer. But surfing can then be really a pain. > - Its form factor is mini PCI (not miniPCIe) that is really old and large. > - Hardly not to buy. (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313&_nkw=vnt6655&_sacat=0) > only 70$ ;-) including shipment. > > Former Maintainer Forest Bond is unreachable. > > The staging subsystem needs to focus on drivers that support usable hardware > that is available. Newbies can then get the hardware for some dollars and > play around which is fun. > > Please consider that support will remain for years in the longterm kernels. No objection from me, please send a patch deleting it and I will be glad to take it. thanks, greg k-h