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 8F713137742; Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:00:23 +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=1728720023; cv=none; b=kJGlTFlFV2JQ/sKDRWkTNZlqquKAvUHrRajG30AKYiayY5Fcwn+AZ9V1k6YCLBsxp5qWLSbJcULUG8JxUAXe2DbsEdpeCRSV55IxI3SMZA293cvieOu6RONaC46sfC7hq7MnqVK1mEz5u23Zk+SqlP1k0XO8IT6QjQMHcdRjilU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1728720023; c=relaxed/simple; bh=KDPHCkYH5/I47dkNC5F215LD6/kevJLyuC7JvbB+4Xk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=CYlZB+jVndPBZdg6/DPqPd7hbeHK1eQogUK+2Em1emsS+vW74W0oLkFXM6Q0B7Xpr6KN+Fg494vs6LDkvOXxSrbP+tENIJE8E6zgXtnTnfwde9UHu42MJlpRidJNMMyDiv6HvCnOiYN8lYpWWgGZi6suihEyuYiXz928Y9Fv8eg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=lHmcVzOt; 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="lHmcVzOt" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95E01C4CECC; Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:00:22 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1728720023; bh=KDPHCkYH5/I47dkNC5F215LD6/kevJLyuC7JvbB+4Xk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=lHmcVzOtlCtTHIp5BeL3//byQttQ1KT1tmV84OoivebIs0T4t4QZt9kB0oHEiIQp6 x9ZYveNWjfMfhxIRpRuS7itkKYzUjBrXl454gAFBkIgkBrqxoHSsda6ev+bW6VTRLQ zIeoEUpITbc1QFDitnolGFt+KTjeccZU6abwx/9c= Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:00:20 +0200 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Philipp Hortmann Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Malcolm Priestley , Teddy Engel , Michael Straube , Sathish Kumar , Florian Ziegler , Pritthijit Nath , Arnd Bergmann , tdavies@darkphysics.net, m.omerfarukbulut@gmail.com, Dominik Karol =?utf-8?Q?Pi=C4=85tkowski?= Subject: Re: [RFC] staging: vt6656: Proposal to delete driver vt6656_stage Message-ID: <2024101251-sherry-matchless-a5f0@gregkh> References: 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: 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 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