From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Malcolm Priestley" <tvboxspy@gmail.com>,
"Teddy Engel" <engel.teddy@gmail.com>,
"Michael Straube" <straube.linux@gmail.com>,
"Sathish Kumar" <skumark1902@gmail.com>,
"Florian Ziegler" <florian.ziegler@posteo.de>,
"Pritthijit Nath" <pritthijit.nath@icloud.com>,
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
tdavies@darkphysics.net, m.omerfarukbulut@gmail.com,
"Dominik Karol Piątkowski"
<dominik.karol.piatkowski@protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] staging: vt6656: Proposal to delete driver vt6656_stage
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:00:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024101251-sherry-matchless-a5f0@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d7ef2954-21d0-4ddc-85d3-1334e7270ced@gmail.com>
On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 08:59:44PM +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.
> - ping times can be 17ms are often above 500ms and worst case 22 seconds.
>
> I suggest deleting the driver as it no longer meets current expectations.
>
> Former Maintainer Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net> is unreachable.
>
> The staging subsystem needs to focus on drivers that support usable hardware
> that is available. Newbies can then get the hardware and play around which
> is fun.
>
> Please consider that support will remain for years in the longterm kernels.
>
> Thanks for any response about your thoughts.
>
> No response will result in a patch for removal in 14 days.
If I respond quicker saying "yes, please remove it!" will you send a
patch? :)
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-12 8:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-11 18:59 [RFC] staging: vt6656: Proposal to delete driver vt6656_stage Philipp Hortmann
2024-10-12 8:00 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2024-10-12 9:02 ` Malcolm Priestley
2024-10-12 10:04 ` Malcolm Priestley
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