linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 1/2] staging: wilc1000: remove FREE_WILC

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 5 Sep 2015 12:29:52 -0400
From:	Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Johnny Kim <johnny.kim@...el.com>,
	Rachel Kim <rachel.kim@...el.com>,
	Dean Lee <dean.lee@...el.com>,
	Chris Park <chris.park@...el.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 1/2] staging: wilc1000: remove FREE_WILC_BUFFER()

Oh well. Actually you did it. I answered while pulling the git...
Sorry for that unuseful mail! :)

2015-09-05 12:25 GMT-04:00 Raphaël Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@...il.com>:
> 2015-09-02 21:19 GMT-04:00 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>:
>> Turns out this file is never even built, you should just remove it :)
>
> You're right, although it seems that is one of the "To-dos" of that
> module, as the references I find about the config variable to allow
> the compiling of that file is the following:
>
> config WILC1000_PREALLOCATE_DURING_SYSTEM_BOOT
>           bool "Preallocate memory pool during system boot"
>           ---help---
>                     To do.
>
> Found on https://github.com/linux4sc/wireless-driver/blob/master/wilc1000/Kconfig
> However, it seems that entry of the Kconfig has been removed in the
> kernel. It thus can probably be safe to remove all occurences linked
> to that option from the driver in the kernel, while the authors will
> be able to add them back when it will be a working configuration
> option. I'll do that!
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/