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Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , Greg Kroah-Hartman , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Arnd Bergmann , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Inaky Perez-Gonzalez , Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [RFC] wimax: move out to staging Message-ID: <20201028103456.GB1042@kadam> References: <20201027212448.454129-1-arnd@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20201027212448.454129-1-arnd@kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9787 signatures=668682 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 adultscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 suspectscore=0 bulkscore=0 malwarescore=0 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2009150000 definitions=main-2010280070 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9787 signatures=668682 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 lowpriorityscore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 suspectscore=0 clxscore=1011 mlxscore=0 malwarescore=0 priorityscore=1501 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2009150000 definitions=main-2010280071 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:20:13PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > From: Arnd Bergmann > > There are no known users of this driver as of October 2020, and it will > be removed unless someone turns out to still need it in future releases. > > According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WiMAX_networks, there > have been many public wimax networks, but it appears that these entries > are all stale, after everyone has migrated to LTE or discontinued their > service altogether. Wimax is still pretty common in Africa. But you have to buy an outdoor antenae with all the software on it and an ethernet cable into your house. I don't know what software the antennaes are using. Probably Linux but with an out of tree kernel module is my guess. regards, dan carpenter