linux-kernel - Re: Current status of rt2800usb and staging/rt2870

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:17:47 +0200
From:	Ivo van Doorn <ivdoorn@...il.com>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Current status of rt2800usb and staging/rt2870

On Tuesday 13 October 2009, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 October 2009 17:52:52 Ivo van Doorn wrote:
> 
> > I am going to merge rt2800pci soon as well and after that I'll send a patch
> 
> Great, I've been waiting for this for a long time.
> 
> > to remove all Ralink drivers from the staging tree.
> 
> Till new drivers obtain support for all hardware currently covered by
> the unified staging drivers the latter shouldn't be removed as they
> serve well their role as a temporary solution allowing real Linux users
> to user their real hardware and as a reference material for developers
> willing to work on adding the missing bits to new drivers.

The rt2800pci and rt2800usb drivers cover support for rt2860/rt2870/rt3070 devices,
which are present as individual drivers in the staging tree. So far it only managed
to confuse developers which wanted to work on Ralink support, so I haven't found
a benefit for having those drivers in the staging tree yet. But I am sure there are plenty
of people who like the idea of having the original Ralink drivers inside the staging tree,
so they can continue debugging that, so I won't talk about the staging downsides further.
Ivo
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