From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1425041AbcFHMV6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2016 08:21:58 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:44150 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423933AbcFHMV4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jun 2016 08:21:56 -0400 From: Jes Sorensen To: Binoy Jayan Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Larry Finger , Arnd Bergmann , driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] *** r8723au: Replace semaphore lock with mutex *** References: <1465371655-6768-1-git-send-email-binoy.jayan@linaro.org> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 08:21:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1465371655-6768-1-git-send-email-binoy.jayan@linaro.org> (Binoy Jayan's message of "Wed, 8 Jun 2016 13:10:53 +0530") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.32]); Wed, 08 Jun 2016 12:21:55 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Binoy Jayan writes: > Hi, > > These are a set of patches which removes semaphores from: > > drivers/staging/rtl8723au > > These are part of a bigger effort to eliminate all semaphores > from the linux kernel. > > They build correctly (individually and as a whole). > NB: I have not tested this as I do not have the following hardware: > > R8723AU > "Realtek RTL8723AU Wireless LAN NIC driver" I am not against this, but please note this driver is already marked for deletion in a future kernel release. Cheers, Jes