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Message-ID: <20170804004215.GA26035@kroah.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 17:42:15 -0700
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc: kvalo@...eaurora.org, chunkeey@...glemail.com,
linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] wireless: move prism54 out to staging
On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 04:59:36PM -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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 4 ++--
> drivers/net/wireless/intersil/Kconfig | 20 --------------------
> drivers/net/wireless/intersil/Makefile | 1 -
> drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 ++
> drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 +
Can I get a TODO file that says it will be deleted in a kernel release
or two so don't worry about touching anything in these files?
thanks,
greg k-h
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