linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] strip: move driver to staging

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Date:	Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:06:27 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] strip: move driver to staging

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:17:07 +0900 John W. Linville wrote:

> Move the strip ("Starmode Radio IP") driver to drivers/staging.  For
> several years this driver has only seen API "bombing-run" changes, and
> few people ever had the hardware.  This driver represents unnecessary
> ongoing maintenance for no clear benefit.
> 
> This patch brought to you by the "hacking" session at the 2009 Kernel
> Summit in Tokyo, Japan...

is drivers/staging/ a temporary home or a permanent home?

so no explanation of what it means to be in drivers/staging/ and
no warning to users?  either in Kconfig or in feature-removal-schedule.txt?


> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig   |   23 -
>  drivers/net/wireless/Makefile  |    1 -
>  drivers/net/wireless/strip.c   | 2805 ----------------------------------------
>  drivers/staging/Kconfig        |    2 +
>  drivers/staging/Makefile       |    1 +
>  drivers/staging/strip/Kconfig  |   22 +
>  drivers/staging/strip/Makefile |    1 +
>  drivers/staging/strip/strip.c  | 2805 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  8 files changed, 2831 insertions(+), 2829 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/net/wireless/strip.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/staging/strip/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/staging/strip/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/staging/strip/strip.c


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~Randy
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