linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] wireless: move prism54 out to staging

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:55:30 -0700
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chunkeey@...glemail.com,
        kvalo@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] wireless: move prism54 out to staging

On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 03:30:10PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> prism54 is deprecated in favor of the p54pci device driver. Although
> only *one soul* had reported issues with it long ago Linux most Linux
> distributions these days just disable the device driver given the
> conflicts with the PCI IDs of p54pci and the *very* unlikely situation
> of folks really need this driver anymore.
> 
> Before trying to due away with prism54 once more stuff it into staging,
> which is our hospice for dying drivers.
> 
> Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>

Did you build this?

I get the following error:

drivers/staging/Kconfig:117: can't open file "drivers/staging/prism54/Kconfig"

Can you fix this and _test it_ and resend it?

thanks,

greg k-h